romancing

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noun

The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of romance
nounromancing (plural romancings)

plural romancings

  1. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.

    But this is merely the best cinematic instance of those romancings of history that have always tapped the popular purse[…]

    1979, Stanley Cavell, The World Viewed: Reflections on the Ontology of Film, page 81
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APA

romancing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romancing

MLA

“romancing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romancing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “romancing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/romancing.

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