romanticize
verbUK /rə(ʊ)ˈmantɪsaɪz/ · US /roʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/
Etymology From romantic + -ize.
1
To interpret, view, or portray something in a romantic (unrealistic, idealized) manner.
- While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 47:
2
To think or act in a romantic manner.
- Derived terms
- deromanticize, overromanticize, romanticizable, romanticizer, unromanticizing