romanticize

/rə'mæntisaiz/

Thân thiện

The poet tends to romanticize the idea of a solitary life in the countryside.

Definition

1. Verb (transitive):

   • To describe, portray, or think about something in an idealized, unrealistic, or sentimental way, often by exaggerating its positive qualities and ignoring its negative or mundane aspects.
   • To make something seem more exciting, mysterious, or glamorous than it really is.

2. Verb (intransitive):

   • To indulge in romantic thoughts, feelings, or attitudes; to view the world or a situation through a romantic lens.

Examples of Usage

• Transitive verb:

  • Many people romanticize the past, forgetting the hardships people faced.
  • The movie romanticizes the life of a pirate, ignoring the violence and disease.
  • Don't romanticize this difficult job; it involves long hours and hard physical labor.

• Intransitive verb:

  • She tends to romanticize about living in a cottage by the sea.
  • He spent the evening romanticizing about what could have been.

Advanced Usage

• "to romanticize over/about something": To think or daydream about something in an idealized way.
  • He often romanticizes about becoming a famous artist.

Variants and Related Words

• Romanticization (noun): The act or process of romanticizing.

  • The romanticization of rural life is a common theme in her poetry.

• Romantic (adjective): Characterized by or suggestive of an idealized view of reality.

  • She has a romantic notion of how relationships work.

Synonyms

• Idealize: To regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality.
• Glorify: To describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably.
• Sentimentalize: To treat, consider, or present in a sentimental way.

Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions

• Romanticize away: To dismiss or obscure the negative aspects of something by viewing it romantically. (Often used with problems or difficulties).
  • You can't just romanticize away the challenges of starting a new business.

Related Idioms

• To see/ view through rose-colored glasses: To see only the pleasant parts of a situation and not notice the things that are unpleasant. (This idiom is conceptually similar to romanticizing).
  • He views his childhood through rose-colored glasses, forgetting all the arguments.

Học thuật

Verb

1. act in a romantic way
2. make romantic in style
   • The designer romanticized the little black dress
3. interpret romantically
   • Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!

Từ đồng nghĩa

• romanticise
• glamorize
• glamourise