deromanticize

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verb

To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.

OriginEnglish romanticize ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē →
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Meanings

verbderomanticize (third-person singular simple present deromanticizes, present participle deromanticizing, simple past and past participle deromanticized)

present singular third person deromanticizes · participle present deromanticizing · participle past deromanticized · past deromanticized

  1. transitiveTo strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishromanticize
  16. Englishderomanticize

From de- + romanticize.

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APA

deromanticize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deromanticize

MLA

“deromanticize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deromanticize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deromanticize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deromanticize.

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