romanticize en · VERB
Pronunciation
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- /rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪsaɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Rōma Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin Rōmānus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin rōmānicus Latin -ē Vulgar Latin rōmānicē Old French romanz Old French romauntder. English romant ▲ Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English romantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English romanticize From romantic + -ize.
Meanings
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(transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
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.
2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 47:
- (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| romanticized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| romanticized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| romanticise | alternative | lexicographic | |
| romanticizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| romanticizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overromanticize · romanticizable · romanticizer · deromanticize · unromanticizing
Synonyms
Translations (11)
ko 미화(美化)하다 (to view something in a romantic manner) · sv romantisera (to view something in a romantic manner) · de romantisieren (to view something in a romantic manner) · ca romantitzar (to view something in a romantic manner) · fr romantiser (to view something in a romantic manner) · fi romantisoida (to view something in a romantic manner) · it romanzare (to view something in a romantic manner) · fi olla romanttinen (to think or act in a romantic manner) · ca idealitzar (to view something in a romantic manner) · es romantizar (to view something in a romantic manner) · nl romantiseren (to view something in a romantic manner)