Word family noun romance romantic romanticism adjective romantic ≠ unromantic romanticized verb romance romanticize adverb romantically
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishromanticizero‧man‧ti‧cize (also romanticise British English) /rəʊˈmæntəsaɪz, rə- $ roʊ-, rə-/ verb [transitive] PERFECTto talk or think about things in a way that makes them seem more romantic or attractive than they really are a romanticized image of life during the war→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
romanticize• Yet the context should not be romanticized.• It has been romanticized as a tradition of public service when much of it was about the protection of vested interests.• Was he, he wondered, romanticizing his own children because he missed them?• Only those who have not been tied to the land can romanticize it.• Unfortunately, popular folklore eventually romanticized the leader and his tribe, reducing them almost to comic book caricatures.• Men tell violent tales and romanticize the lessons violence brings.• It's easy to romanticize this basically squalid lifestyle and the repression is bound to slow down development.• Much of the film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets.• The miner, whose dangerous and unpleasant labour is so misguidedly romanticized, will be eliminated. 