Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, past tense, past participle romanticizedregional note: in BRIT, also use romanticise
verb
If you romanticize someone or something, you think or talk about them in a way which is not at all realistic and which makes them seem better than they really are.
He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present. [VERB noun]
romanticizedadjective
The film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets.
romanticize in British English
or romanticise (rəʊˈmæntɪˌsaɪz)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to think or act in a romantic way
2. (transitive)
to interpret according to romantic precepts
3.
to make or become romantic, as in style
Derived forms
romanticization (roˌmanticiˈzation) or romanticisation (roˌmanticiˈsation)
noun
romanticize in American English
(roʊˈmæntəˌsaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: roˈmantiˌcized or roˈmantiˌcizing
1.
to treat or regard romantically; give a romantic character to or interpretation of