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 • Oct. 11, 2024

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

From National Geographic • Nov. 25, 2017

You've tried to emotionalize what should not be an emotional issue.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From The Vitalized School by Pearson, Francis B.

The poet should be free and if he wants to emotionalize a social message he should be allowed to do so, risking aesthetic value if he becomes didactic, or is false in his views.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert