romanticize
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- romanticise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)
- (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
- 2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 47:
- While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.
- (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.
Translations
[edit]to view something in a romantic manner
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to think or act in a romantic manner
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