Romanticisation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes."

  2. 2
    the act of indulging in sentiment wordnet

Synonyms

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romanticizationsentimentalisationsentimentalizationsentimentalization

Example

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"It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes."

Etymology

From romantic + -isation.

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