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romanticism 

A particular school of thought represented in art, writing and thinking originating in Europe during the 18th century. Moving away from most traditional ideas of the time, it put a strong importance on individuality, nature, love, and creativity.
Austen, Coleridge, and Wordsworth were all creator/followers of romanticism.
romanticism by Dan54321 July 6, 2006

pedanticism

Pedanticism is a practised by people so focused on errors that they sometimes end up missing the errors of their own.

Pendanticism is related to perfectionism in the fashion that the individual practicing this form of perfectionism always are experiencing the need to correct 'faults' until absolute 'perfection'.

If this person spots an error, they have to correct it, even if it would be deemed unneccessary by other individuals.

Sometimes the error they feel the urge to correct the errors that are not even there. This often leads to conflicts, where a more immature person might start peckering even further about inexistant errors.
Pedanticist:
OMG, nub u liek cnat spell! Taht word isnt spelld liek that!!

Victim for unmotivated correction:
Before you start peckering me with your inexistant errors, perhaps you should take a look at your own pedanticist-behaviours.

There are definitive downsides of pedanticism, as you can see.

pedanticism

The incorrect word for pedantry. Used by ignorant people trying to sound smart by putting an "-ism" at the end of any word to make it a noun.
"Enough with the pedanticism and let us eat."
"The word is pedantry."
pedanticism by Pedantry_Personified November 10, 2015

Hopeless Filipino Romanticism 

A deadly disease that infects all Filipinos from birth. Characterized by dating everyone, watching romantic dramas on TFC, and writing sad love songs.
Also known as HFR.
Dude. John's Status Updates are getting sadder and sadder. Who is this Jocelynn he keeps talking about?

John just has some major Hopeless Filipino Romanticism. Jocelynn is his imaginary girlfriend.

textual romanticism

when a couple becomes such based soley on the communication via text messaging, a normal, face to face meeting is rare.
one: did you hear that Rob and Shannon broke up?
two: really? well I'm not surprised it there relationship was total "textual romanticism".
textual romanticism by Rynnnnnnn November 3, 2008

Postmodern Urban Romanticism 

A literary and artistic movement in the United States that incorporates elements of second -generation English Romantic literature and philosophy with postmodernist artistic sensibilities. Informed by the social sciences, works in this genre are typically situated against a landscape of urban and psychological decay. Particularly prominent in the midwestern United States.
"It could be argued that many intellectuals who write new formalist verse for poetry slams, or make philosophy memes are incorporating elements of postmodern urban romanticism."