romanticization
noun
the act, process, or result of making something seem romantic or desirable.
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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