单词	sentimentalize
释义	sentimentalize verb sen·​ti·​men·​tal·​ize ˌsen-tə-ˈmen-tə-ˌlīz  sentimentalized; sentimentalizing intransitive verb : to indulge in sentiment transitive verb : to look upon or imbue with sentiment sentimentalization ˌsen-tə-ˌmen-tə-lə-ˈzā-shən  noun Example Sentences The movie sentimentalizes the past. He does not sentimentalize in his biography. Recent Examples on the Web Her transitions from social observation to personal revelations (family home videos and her sister’s social work) sentimentalize exploitation of the working class by the bourgeoisie. Armond White, National Review, 13 July 2022 Those who forget the past may be condemned to repeat it, but those who sentimentalize the past are rewarded with best-seller status. Carlos Lozada, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021 Keeping both feet firmly on the ground and refusing to sentimentalize an essentially unlikeable character, Brown triumphs as Charley’s flinty mother. Marilyn Stasio, Variety, 3 Nov. 2021 This extinction engine does not sentimentalize or aestheticize the materials of the world. Anne Boyer, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021 Unlike many Holocaust films that sentimentalize individual heroism, Caught by Night doesn’t seek to inspire so much as to bear witness. Jeremy Lybarger, The New York Review of Books, 20 Apr. 2020 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019 Nothing if not a rigorous dialectician, Bong refuses to sentimentalize the Kims’ togetherness or their poverty. Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2019 Tattoo of Revenge > Little Women Julián Hernandez’s film noir turns male–female empathy into a constantly inventive spectacle while Greta Gerwig’s literary adaptation sentimentalizes bourgeois privilege as a woman’s right. Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1788, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense sentimentalize verb as in to rhapsodize Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance rhapsodize effuse enthuse gush slobber fawn rave drool fuss emote dote (on)
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