Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To view or interpret romantically; make romantic.
- intransitive verb To think in a romantic way.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To behave in a romantic or sentimental way.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To make something
romantic or to view something in a romantic manner - verb intransitive To think or act in a romantic manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb interpret romantically
- verb make romantic in style
- verb act in a romantic way
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Examples
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Do these people really think that Americans have come to "romanticize" these poor young kids who have been forced into the spotlight by her overly ambitious mother?
Obama Leads By Over Five Points In Pre-Debate Tracking Polls 2009
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Judt, who died in August, declares that one must not "romanticize" the city.
The New Yorker Macy Halford 2010
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Define "romanticize" in regards to Hamas and Hezbollah.
TPMCafe 2009
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Define "romanticize" in regards to Hamas and Hezbollah.
TPMCafe 2009
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Indeed, we are seeing how the pundits love to "romanticize" the "working class" just as the Marxists have said nice things about the "proletariat," but actually seeing so-called "working people" as being anything more than political symbols is something else.
LewRockwell.com 2008
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"They're often less about the landscape and more about people's desires, like the things that you wish to be true about the land, that we kind of romanticize and mythologize-the wild spaces.
Missoula Independent Erika Fredrickson 2010
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You may exaggerate, romanticize and idolize, but you should not distort and present a false picture of our recent past.
Dorothy Garlock discusses the western novel genre and the art of writing a 'western'. 2010
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'Bank resists the urge to over romanticize modern-day relationships, recognizing the ordinary, mundane side of life and love.'
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We romanticize characters who thumb their nose at the establishment when they are on TV and in our virtual world, but pirates in the real world cause people real fear because they are infamous for their violent acts and often get away with them.
Reid Stowe & Soanya Ahmad: Pirates in Red Hook Reid Stowe 2011
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Maybe romanticize it, make it compelling for film.
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