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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Rather than romanticizing The Archers, Scorsese and Hinton could recognize the team as part of their era’s British eccentric tradition: the Sitwells, the Mitfords, Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 July 2024
Hollywood has a long history of romanticizing the Western United States, especially in pushing the myth that much of it was empty wilderness in the mid-19th century.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 28 June 2024
But romanticizing a magical solution to the problem the party faces is a mistake, too.
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Shea Simmons, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
Rather than romanticizing The Archers, Scorsese and Hinton could recognize the team as part of their era’s British eccentric tradition: the Sitwells, the Mitfords, Aubrey Beardsley, Walter Sickert.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 July 2024
Hollywood has a long history of romanticizing the Western United States, especially in pushing the myth that much of it was empty wilderness in the mid-19th century.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 28 June 2024
But romanticizing a magical solution to the problem the party faces is a mistake, too.
—E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024
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“Romanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticize. Accessed 19 Aug. 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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