emotionalize

[ ih-moh-shuh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object),e·mo·tion·al·ized, e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing.
  1. to make emotional; treat as a matter of emotion.

Origin of emotionalize

1
First recorded in 1875–80; emotional + -ize
  • Also especially British, e·mo·tion·al·ise .

Other words from emotionalize

  • de-e·mo·tion·al·ize, verb (used with object), de·-e·mo·tion·al·ized, de·-e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing.
  • o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·ized, o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing.

Words Nearby emotionalize

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How to use emotionalize in a sentence

  • I can't emotionalize present day western life—you can, but you must bend to your desk like a man.

  • It is a good idea of Santayana that "the function of poetry is to emotionalize philosophy."

    The Last Harvest | John Burroughs
  • It would be cruelly unfair, she recognized that, to emotionalize over them—force them.

    The Real Adventure | Henry Kitchell Webster
  • She can feel as well as think and so can emotionalize the printed page.

    The Vitalized School | Francis B. Pearson

British Dictionary definitions for emotionalize

emotionalize

emotionalise

/ (ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlaɪz) /


verb
  1. (tr) to make emotional; subject to emotional treatment

Derived forms of emotionalize

  • emotionalization or emotionalisation, noun

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