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Definition of romanticize verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

romanticize

verb

NAmE//roʊˈmæntəˌsaɪz//

[transitive, intransitive] romanticize (something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they romanticize

he / she / it romanticizes

past simple romanticized

-ing form romanticizing

to make something seem more attractive or interesting than it really is romanticizing the past a romanticized picture of parenthood

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