romanticize

English

Alternative forms

• romanticise (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

From romantic +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

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Verb

romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)

1. (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.

   Synonym: glamorize

   • 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.

2. (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.

Derived terms

• deromanticize
• overromanticize
• romanticizable
• romanticizer
• unromanticizing

Translations

to view something in a romantic manner

• Catalan: romantitzar (ca), idealitzar (ca)
• Dutch: romantiseren (nl)
• Finnish: romantisoida
• French: romantiser (fr)
• German: romantisieren (de)
• Italian: romanzare (it)
• Korean: 미화(美化)하다 (ko) (mihwa-hada)
• Spanish: romantizar
• Swedish: romantisera (sv)

to think or act in a romantic manner

• Finnish: olla romanttinen