romanticize
verb
ro·man·ti·cize
rō-ˈman-tə-ˌsīz 
rə-
romanticized; romanticizing
: to make romantic : treat as idealized or heroic
romanticize the past
1
: to hold romantic ideas
2
: to present details, incidents, or people in a romantic way
Examples of romanticize in a Sentence
He has romanticized notions of army life.
a romanticized view of politics
We were romanticizing about the past.
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Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 27 May 2025
The film doesn’t want to romanticize La Cañada Real.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 20 May 2025
Beyond the Myth: The Untapped Leadership of Immigrant Women in AI
While the tech industry loves to romanticize the immigrant founder, aka the scrappy outsider who comes to Silicon Valley and builds a unicorn—the star protagonists are rarely female.
—Gemma Allen, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Like most Sorkin ventures, A Few Good Men romanticizes process and procedure.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
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“Romanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticize. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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romanticize
verb
ro·man·ti·cize
rō-ˈmant-ə-ˌsīz
romanticized; romanticizing
1
: to make romantic : show in a romantic way
2
: to have romantic ideas
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