romanticization

American  

[roh-man-tuh-suh-zay-shuhn] / roʊˌmæn tə səˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

• romanticizations
  plural

1. the act, process, or result of making something seem romantic or desirable.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• deromanticization
  noun
• over-romanticization
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• romanticizations
  plural

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

romanticization romanticizations

And though “Tony” doesn’t entirely lack that heady romanticization, its choice to amplify its introductory quote — making Bourdain an even more insufferable lout for dramatic effect — feels antithetical to Bourdain’s raw candor.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026

He rejects the romanticization of a starving artist.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023

But she’s fine with the romanticization, “if it leads people to want to read a book about it, all the better.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023

Cheney Poole, 27, from Christchurch, New Zealand — known as Otautahi, Aotearoa, in the Maori language — calls the film’s portrayal “just another example of the same very upfront and apparent romanticization of colonization.”

From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022

Even within ultimately dystopian tales, “you can see a sort of romanticization of the scientific endeavor,” says David Koepsell, a philosopher of science and technology at Texas A&M University, College Station.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2022

We’re a long way from the heyday of Woody Allen’s romanticizations of the Manhattan literati; these days, we’re more likely to see the self-lacerating portraits of the same set by Noah Baumbach.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2018