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Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
Wendelin Van Draanen

Meaning of "romanticize" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROMANTICIZE

romanticize  [rəʊˈmæntɪˌsaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROMANTICIZE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Romanticize is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb romanticize in English.

WHAT DOES ROMANTICIZE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of romanticize in the English dictionary

The first definition of romanticize in the dictionary is to think or act in a romantic way. Other definition of romanticize is to interpret according to romantic precepts. Romanticize is also to make or become romantic, as in style.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ROMANTICIZE

PRESENT

Present
I romanticize
you romanticize
he/she/it romanticizes
we romanticize
you romanticize
they romanticize
Present continuous
I am romanticizing
you are romanticizing
he/she/it is romanticizing
we are romanticizing
you are romanticizing
they are romanticizing
Present perfect
I have romanticized
you have romanticized
he/she/it has romanticized
we have romanticized
you have romanticized
they have romanticized
Present perfect continuous
I have been romanticizing
you have been romanticizing
he/she/it has been romanticizing
we have been romanticizing
you have been romanticizing
they have been romanticizing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I romanticized
you romanticized
he/she/it romanticized
we romanticized
you romanticized
they romanticized
Past continuous
I was romanticizing
you were romanticizing
he/she/it was romanticizing
we were romanticizing
you were romanticizing
they were romanticizing
Past perfect
I had romanticized
you had romanticized
he/she/it had romanticized
we had romanticized
you had romanticized
they had romanticized
Past perfect continuous
I had been romanticizing
you had been romanticizing
he/she/it had been romanticizing
we had been romanticizing
you had been romanticizing
they had been romanticizing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will romanticize
you will romanticize
he/she/it will romanticize
we will romanticize
you will romanticize
they will romanticize
Future continuous
I will be romanticizing
you will be romanticizing
he/she/it will be romanticizing
we will be romanticizing
you will be romanticizing
they will be romanticizing
Future perfect
I will have romanticized
you will have romanticized
he/she/it will have romanticized
we will have romanticized
you will have romanticized
they will have romanticized
Future perfect continuous
I will have been romanticizing
you will have been romanticizing
he/she/it will have been romanticizing
we will have been romanticizing
you will have been romanticizing
they will have been romanticizing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would romanticize
you would romanticize
he/she/it would romanticize
we would romanticize
you would romanticize
they would romanticize
Conditional continuous
I would be romanticizing
you would be romanticizing
he/she/it would be romanticizing
we would be romanticizing
you would be romanticizing
they would be romanticizing
Conditional perfect
I would have romanticize
you would have romanticize
he/she/it would have romanticize
we would have romanticize
you would have romanticize
they would have romanticize
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been romanticizing
you would have been romanticizing
he/she/it would have been romanticizing
we would have been romanticizing
you would have been romanticizing
they would have been romanticizing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you romanticize
we let´s romanticize
you romanticize
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to romanticize
Past participle
romanticized
Present Participle
romanticizing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ROMANTICIZE


aestheticize
iːsˈθɛtɪˌsaɪz
anticize
ˈæntɪˌsaɪz
antisepticize
ˌæntɪˈsɛptɪˌsaɪz
asepticize
eɪˈseptɪˌsaɪz
atticize
ˈætɪˌsaɪz
criticise
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
criticize
ˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
depoliticise
ˌdiːpəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
depoliticize
ˌdiːpəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
elasticise
ɪˈlæstɪˌsaɪz
elasticize
ɪˈlæstɪˌsaɪz
eroticise
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz
eroticize
ɪˈrɒtɪˌsaɪz
fanaticize
fəˈnætɪˌsaɪz
hypercriticize
ˌhaɪpəˈkrɪtɪˌsaɪz
mathematicize
ˌmæθəˈmætɪˌsaɪz
multisize
ˈmʌltɪˌsaɪz
plasticize
ˈplæstɪˌsaɪz
politicize
pəˈlɪtɪˌsaɪz
rusticize
ˈrʌstɪˌsaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROMANTICIZE

romans-fleuves
Romansch
Romansh
romantic
romantic comedy
romantic fiction
romantic involvement
romantic lead
romantic love
Romantic Movement
romantical
romanticality
romantically
romanticisation
romanticism
romanticist
romanticization
romanticized
Romany
romanza

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROMANTICIZE

anglicize
arabicize
catholicize
cliticize
domesticize
ethicize
Gallicize
Gothicize
hibernicize
Hispanicize
historicize
italicize
laicize
logicize
lyricize
metaphysicize
mythicize
ostracize
poeticize
publicize
theatricize

Synonyms and antonyms of romanticize in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «romanticize» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROMANTICIZE

Find out the translation of romanticize to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of romanticize from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «romanticize» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

浪漫
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

romantizar
570 millions of speakers

English

romanticize
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रोमानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رومانسية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

романтизировать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

romantizar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

romanticization
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

romancer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Romantik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

romantisieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

美化する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

낭만적
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Romantis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho có tính chất tiểu thuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

romanticization
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रोमँटिकीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

romantize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

romanzare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

idealizować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

романтизувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

romantizeze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εξιδανικεύει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

romantiseer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

romantisera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

romantisere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of romanticize

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROMANTICIZE»

The term «romanticize» is regularly used and occupies the 62.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROMANTICIZE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about romanticize

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9 QUOTES WITH «ROMANTICIZE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word romanticize.
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to strip them of human dignity, to reduce them to objects of pity. This has never been clearer than in the view of Africa from the American media, in which we are shown poverty and conflicts without any context.
2
Steve Albini
My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved hunting and fishing, he didn't romanticize them. He was filling the freezer, not intellectualizing some caveman impulse or proving his worth as a real man.
3
Chance The Rapper
I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful love/hate story of violence and music.' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.
4
Jim Gaffigan
My whole comic persona is that of a guy who explores the id: I romanticize gluttony, I romanticize laziness, and people identify with that.
5
Eugene Kennedy
We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.
6
Chris Kyle
It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.
7
Neil Sheehan
Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent.
8
Wendelin Van Draanen
Writing is work. It takes a lot of contemplation, concentration, and out-and-out sweat. People tend to romanticize it, that somehow your work appears by benefit of some mystical external force. In reality, to be a writer, you have to sit down and write. It's work, and often it's hard work.
9
Robin Weigert
We romanticize the past with an illusion that we'd know how we'd fit.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROMANTICIZE»

Discover the use of romanticize in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to romanticize and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Novalis: Fichte Studies
By "romanticizing" the world Novalis means something quite specific: to romanticize is to make what is ordinary and mundane extraordinary and mysterious, and conversely, to make what is unknown and mysterious ordinary ( 11: 545, #105).
Jane Kneller, 2003
2
The Romantic Imperative: The Concept of Early German Romanticism
Rather, they wanted to romanticize all the arts and sciences, so that there would also be a romantic painting, a romantic sculpture, and a romantic music, and so that there would be a romantic science as well as a romantic art. Furthermore, all  ...
Frederick C. Beiser, 2003
3
Nostalgia: Origins and Ends of an Unenlightened Disease
If it is taken to mean that the romantic dreams of a world that could be fully romanticized, what is easily overlooked is that this would also be a world in which the need to romanticize it would no longer arise and become superfluous.
Helmut Illbruck, 2012
4
The Donghak Concept of God/heaven: Religion and Social ...
Some critics argue that Minjung theologians romanticize the Minjung." Indeed people do and need to romanticize the people we love. To romanticize the powerful is far more dangerous than to romanticize the Minjung. This question often ...
Kiyul Chung, 2007
5
Orange Coast Magazine
"We are fortunate to be living in the 80s with so many decorative periods to choose from," remarks Maxine Smith. "The fun is in the mix, the element of surprise." Cleary agrees, 'There are touches and things you can do to romanticize a house ...
6
Novalis: Signs of Revolution
In lending a higher sense to something commonplace, a mysterious appearance to something usual, an unknown value to something known, an infinite appearance to something finite, I romanticize it— The operation is reversed for that which ...
William Arctander O'Brien, 1995
7
Sociology: Understanding a Diverse Society, Updated
Teen pregnancy is integrally linked to the gender expectations of men and women in society. Some teen men consciously avoid birth control, thinking it takes away from their manhood. Teen women often romanticize motherhood, thinking that ...
Margaret Andersen, Howard Taylor, 2007
8
Holidays and Holy Days
If we live in only one of these three worlds, we are sure to get bogged down, because each one of these worlds is easy to either romanticize or denigrate. Our task is to avoid doing either, while learning how to utilize each one of these three  ...
Bill Smith, 2010
9
Civil Rights History from the Ground Up: Local Struggles, a ...
And it was a time that I felt extremely alive and, so, in some ways maybe I romanticize it too. But not to the point where you gloss over the difficulties or the failings of the movement. You want to acknowledge that as well. Also, I always talk about ...
Emilye Crosby, 2011
10
Germans and Indians: Fantasies, Encounters, Projections
German Indianthusiasm A Socially Constructed German Nationalist) Myth HARTMUT LUTZ As a German born in 1945, I have always been intrigued by the fact that a nation steeped so deeply in racism like Germany should romanticize Indians ...
Colin Gordon Calloway, Gerd Gem_nden, Susanne Zantop

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROMANTICIZE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term romanticize is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A rush to romanticize Reagan
Primary season is upon us, and the Republican candidates for president are officially in a mad dash to see who mentions Ronald Reagan's name the most. «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
2
Anthony Alexanian: Media romanticize troubled dictatorship
However, the romanticized extended health care is dismal for most Cubans and education is used as a tool to indoctrinate Cuban youth. In reality, only the ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
3
Ray La Raja & Wouter Van Erve: Don't romanticize Town Meeting …
In his May 22 Bulletin column “The wisdom of democracy,” Jim Oldham declares that this year's annual Town Meeting in Amherst is a great example of effective ... «Amherst Bulletin, Jun 15»
4
People Who Watch Wedding Reality TV Are More Likely To …
Research done at Chapman University has found that people who watch reality wedding TV are far more likely to romanticize love and marriage than those who ... «Bustle, Apr 15»
5
Romanticizing the Reader
And just as the author romanticizes the reader, so does the reader romanticize the author — there's something inevitable and touchingly human about it all. «New York Times, Apr 15»
6
We Shouldn't Romanticize Steve Jobs as a CEO
Investors and consumers alike were clearly excited to learn in early March that Apple was readying itself to launch its first new product in five years, a smartwatch ... «Huffington Post Canada, Mar 15»
7
Does Fifty Shades of Grey Romanticize Abuse?
Katy Spencer argues that the new film normalises sexual violence and may damage public perceptions of BDSM. “ '...critics have not only challenged the ... «Redbrick, Feb 15»
8
Does "Fifty Shades of Grey" romanticize abusive relationships?
Those who claim the franchise romanticizes an unhealthy relationship are chiming in from around the world. One a domestic abuse organization from Canada is ... «ABC2 News, Feb 15»
9
No, Eastwood's 'American Sniper' does not romanticize patriotism
No, Eastwood's 'American Sniper' does not romanticize patriotism .... in the director's overall work, the result, while nationalistic, does not romanticize patriotism. «Haaretz, Jan 15»
10
It's Time to De-Romanticize Terror
We have all heard the dramatic tale of how terrorists come from poor, oppressed families and are virtually forced into terrorism to escape discrimination and ... «Breitbart News, Jan 15»

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