Sentimentalize
verb
To make something more emotional or romantic than it really is.
She tends to sentimentalize her childhood memories, painting them as perfect and carefree.
Often appears as...
- sentimentalize the past
- sentimentalize the experience
verb
To make something more emotional or romantic than it really is.
She tends to sentimentalize her childhood memories, painting them as perfect and carefree.
Often appears as...
- sentimentalize the past
- sentimentalize the experience
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotions
Use 'sentimentalize' when someone shows stronger feelings than the situation warrants, often through nostalgia.
People sometimes sentimentalize high school as the best years of their lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Nuanced Perception
Remember 'sentimentalize' can imply a lack of realism or objectivity due to strong emotions.
He sentimentalized their first meeting as fate, ignoring the coincidental aspects.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
'Sentimentalize' isn't always positive; it can suggest an overemphasis on emotion that skews perception.
Critics argue that films often sentimentalize war, avoiding the harsh realities.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotions
Use 'sentimentalize' when someone shows stronger feelings than the situation warrants, often through nostalgia.
People sometimes sentimentalize high school as the best years of their lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Nuanced Perception
Remember 'sentimentalize' can imply a lack of realism or objectivity due to strong emotions.
He sentimentalized their first meeting as fate, ignoring the coincidental aspects.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
'Sentimentalize' isn't always positive; it can suggest an overemphasis on emotion that skews perception.
Critics argue that films often sentimentalize war, avoiding the harsh realities.
Pro Tip 1/3Exaggerated Emotions
Use 'sentimentalize' when someone shows stronger feelings than the situation warrants, often through nostalgia.
People sometimes sentimentalize high school as the best years of their lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Nuanced Perception
Remember 'sentimentalize' can imply a lack of realism or objectivity due to strong emotions.
He sentimentalized their first meeting as fate, ignoring the coincidental aspects.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
'Sentimentalize' isn't always positive; it can suggest an overemphasis on emotion that skews perception.
Critics argue that films often sentimentalize war, avoiding the harsh realities.
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Quote examples
Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
Life on a factory farm is well-nigh unbearable for the animals or birds, and it is often foul for the women and men who process the meat that results - especially in factories for chicken parts. But do not sentimentalize. Do not imagine barnyard life is a bowl of cherries.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did.
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John McCain
American Politician
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
Quote examples
Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
Life on a factory farm is well-nigh unbearable for the animals or birds, and it is often foul for the women and men who process the meat that results - especially in factories for chicken parts. But do not sentimentalize. Do not imagine barnyard life is a bowl of cherries.
Quote examples
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
It's fun to sentimentalize the 20th-century lifestyle and the 20th-century brain, but it helps nobody, it makes you look ancient, there's no going back, and you'd be miserable if you did.
Quote examples
John McCain
American Politician
War is wretched beyond description, and only a fool or a fraud could sentimentalize its cruel reality.
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