romanticization

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noun

The act or process of romanticizing.

“Historians frowned upon his romanticization of the war.”

Similar
sentimentalizationsentimentalisationromanticisation
OriginEnglish romantic ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē →
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Meanings

nounromanticization (countable and uncountable, plural romanticizations)

plural romanticizations

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of romanticizing.
  2. countableuncountableThe result of such a process; a romantic treatment.

    Historians frowned upon his romanticization of the war.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of indulging in sentiment

Similar
sentimentalizationsentimentalisationromanticisation
Broader
idealizationidealisationglorification
Also see
sentimentalization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinRōma
  2. LatinRōmānus
  3. Latinrōmānicus
  4. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  5. Old Frenchromanz
  6. Old Frenchromaunt
  7. Englishromant
  8. Englishromantic
  9. Englishromanticization

From romantic + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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