ROMANTICISE meaning: Glorify reality, often unrealistically idealized

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▸ verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticize. [(transitive) To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.]

Similar:

romanticize, glamorize, heroise, fictionalise, romant, personise, picturise, rhapsodise, rationalise, commercialise, more...

Opposite:

brutalise, dehumanise

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