emotionalize
to make emotional; treat as a matter of emotion.
Origin of emotionalize
1- 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.
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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.
A Son of the Middle Border | Hamlin GarlandIt is a good idea of Santayana that "the function of poetry is to emotionalize philosophy."
The Last Harvest | John BurroughsIt would be cruelly unfair, she recognized that, to emotionalize over them—force them.
The Real Adventure | Henry Kitchell WebsterShe can feel as well as think and so can emotionalize the printed page.
The Vitalized School | Francis B. Pearson
British Dictionary definitions for emotionalize
emotionalise
/ (ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlaɪz) /
(tr) to make emotional; subject to emotional treatment
Derived forms of emotionalize
- emotionalization or emotionalisation, noun
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