1. to make emotional or to treat in an emotional manner
Usage: often used in psychological or therapeutic contexts

Examples

• The therapist helped her emotionalize her experiences rather than suppress them.
• Critics argued that the documentary tried to emotionalize the historical events.
• He tends to emotionalize every disagreement instead of discussing facts.
• The counselor encouraged the patient to emotionalize his feelings about the loss.
• Some people emotionalize their memories to make them more meaningful.
• The speaker’s attempt to emotionalize the data made the presentation less credible.