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
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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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Embedded in those songs, at least, was the idea that alcoholism should not be an aspirational thing, even if the songwriters’ wicked wit did have a way of romanticizing it.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
As the United States and the United Kingdom shifted rapidly from rural, agrarian societies to urban and industrial economies during the 19th century, the transformation played out in paintings and literature that romanticized and idealized nature for the newly urbanized classes.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
By Elizabeth Logan Ryan Murphy—who was accused of romanticizing serial killers with the first iteration of this project, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, back in 2022—has been criticized for his depictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2024
Now the Pets seem to romanticize political violence.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
As the United States and the United Kingdom shifted rapidly from rural, agrarian societies to urban and industrial economies during the 19th century, the transformation played out in paintings and literature that romanticized and idealized nature for the newly urbanized classes.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
By Elizabeth Logan Ryan Murphy—who was accused of romanticizing serial killers with the first iteration of this project, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, back in 2022—has been criticized for his depictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2024
Now the Pets seem to romanticize political violence.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Romanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticize. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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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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