romanticize
verb
ro·man·ti·cize
rō-ˈman-tə-ˌsīz 
rə-
romanticized; romanticizing
: to make romantic : treat as idealized or heroic
romanticize the past
1
: to hold romantic ideas
2
: to present details, incidents, or people in a romantic way
Examples of romanticize in a Sentence
He has romanticized notions of army life.
a romanticized view of politics
We were romanticizing about the past.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
The hero of a bildungsroman often begins as an outcast of some kind, a condition that is romanticized even as it must be overcome.
—Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Our pop culture has been so stuck in a mode of romanticizing pioneers and settlers that American Primeval, with its insistence on diving into Mormon history and rejecting the idea that violence in the name of gaining power is justified, feels like a balancing of the scales.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Photo: Laure Joliet Naturally, romanticizing a cozy, coastal life doesn’t have to stop at your closet.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Romanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticize. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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romanticize
verb
ro·man·ti·cize
rō-ˈmant-ə-ˌsīz
romanticized; romanticizing
1
: to make romantic : show in a romantic way
2
: to have romantic ideas
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