1. a person who adheres to or advocates romanticism in art, literature, or music
Usage: literary; art history
2. a person who has romantic ideas or attitudes; one who views life in an idealized way

Examples

• The poet was a true romanticist who celebrated nature and emotion.
• As a romanticist, she believed in the power of individual expression over classical rules.
• The art critic dismissed him as merely a romanticist with no appreciation for modern techniques.
• Her romanticist view of marriage led to disappointment when reality set in.
• The romanticist movement rejected the strict formalism of earlier periods.
• He was such a romanticist that he always expected fairy-tale endings.