1. to think about or describe something as being better or more appealing than it really is
Usage: transitive

Examples

• Many people romanticize life in small towns, forgetting about the lack of job opportunities.
• The movie romanticizes war by focusing only on heroic moments.
• She tends to romanticize her childhood memories.
• Don’t romanticize the past – those were difficult times for many people.
• The novel romanticizes the lifestyle of struggling artists.
• He romanticized his relationship with his ex-girlfriend after they broke up.