emotionalize

American  

[ih-moh-shuh-nl-ahyz] / ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nlˌaɪz /

especially British, emotionalise

verb (used with object)

emotionalized, emotionalizing

1. to make emotional; treat as a matter of emotion.

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emotionalize British  

/ ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlaɪz /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• de-emotionalize verb (used with object)
• emotionalization noun
• overemotionalize verb (used with object)

Etymology

Origin of emotionalize

First recorded in 1875–80; emotional + -ize

Example Sentences

The casting of deaf and hearing actors — one to embody and emotionalize a character, the other to sing, speak and jam — fails to harmonize into a resonant or even intelligible interpretation.

From Los Angeles Times

But we anthropomorphize, assuming they emotionalize identically to us, and that’s the mistake.

From National Geographic

“She did it in the final round, and then her caddie supported her with it as well, to keep her focus on the present and future of the round. Great/good/good enough shots you want to emotionalize, so the brain stores it as a memory.”

From Golf Digest

One of the interviewers follows up by saying, “You alluded earlier that you have actions that you could take if that happened—in other words, if they emotionalize this topic and try to make it bigger than maybe it should be on a relative scale. Can you detail what you mean by what you said?”

From Washington Times

The case is different when the teacher of fact happens to find in art, in real literature, some picture or detail with which to emotionalize and beautify his fact.

From Project Gutenberg