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.

emotionalize

/ ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. tr to make emotional; subject to emotional treatment

Derived Forms

• eˌmotionaliˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• de-e·motion·al·ize verb (used with object) deemotionalized deemotionalizing
• over·e·motion·al·ize verb (used with object) overemotionalized overemotionalizing

Word History and Origins

Origin of emotionalize¹

First recorded in 1875–80; emotional + -ize

Example Sentences

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

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

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It would be cruelly unfair, she recognized that, to emotionalize over them—force them.

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She can feel as well as think and so can emotionalize the printed page.

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