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
The book romanticized military life.
Synonyms of romanticize
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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Clayton Davis, Variety, 18 May 2026
These images do not romanticize the West as much as document how difficult, life-sucking and under-appreciated this job can be.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
Learn a trade anyway There is a version of nostalgia that is merely self-serving—the successful person who made it in an earlier era romanticizing the conditions that made their success possible.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
The result is an economy where creative work is heavily romanticized but often poorly understood as labor.
—Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
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“Romanticize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/romanticize. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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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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