"romanticize" meaning in English

See romanticize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: romanticizes [present, singular, third-person], romanticizing [participle, present], romanticized [participle, past], romanticized [past]
Etymology: From romantic + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|romantic|ize}} romantic + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} romanticize (third-person singular simple present romanticizes, present participle romanticizing, simple past and past participle romanticized)
  1. (transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner. Tags: transitive
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  2. (intransitive) To think or act in a romantic manner. Tags: intransitive Translations (to think or act in a romantic manner): olla romanttinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-romanticize-en-verb-Jts9EWly Disambiguation of 'to think or act in a romantic manner': 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: romanticise (english: non-Oxford British English) Translations (to view something in a romantic manner): romantiseren (Dutch), romantisoida (Finnish), romantiser (French), romantisieren (German), romanzare (Italian), romantizar (Spanish), romantisera (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'to view something in a romantic manner': 51 49

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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