romanticize
verb (used with object)
romanticise
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a variation of
romanticize.
Example Sentences
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"It's so easy to romanticise toxicity, and their relationship is full of that, but you are watching them work that out themselves alongside the audience," she says.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Fans at the premiere also say that they don't think the book or film romanticise unhealthy relationships.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2024
Actor James Caan, who died on Thursday, was quoted saying of his long-time friend: "He's been able to romanticise his past, throw in a few bangles and sparkles and use it as an actor."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022
But by the end of the 19th century, they began to play a central role in the lost cause, a narrative white southerners developed as a way to rationalise and romanticise defeat.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2019
We must romanticise things to some extent if we are to endure them; we must at least make jokes about them; and that is where the French fail to understand us, like the Germans.
From Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 by André Chevrillon
