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romanticism(dictionary)
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genital (oh) and romanticism (medicine)


genital (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: genitalis, from gignere 'to produce children']
relating to or affecting the outer sex organs
::the genital area
::genital mutilation

romanticism (medicine)


romanticism


A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medival forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style. "He [Lessing] may be said to have begun the revolt from pseudo-classicism in poetry, and to have been thus unconsciously the founder of romanticism." (Lowell)

Origin: CF. It. Romanticismo, F. Romantisme, romanticisme.

Source: Websters Dictionary