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sentimentalize

[ sen-tuh-men-tl-ahyz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

, sen·ti·men·tal·ized, sen·ti·men·tal·iz·ing.

, sen·ti·men·tal·ized, sen·ti·men·tal·iz·ing.

to view (someone or something) sentimentally:
He sentimentalized the relationship until all real meaning was lost.

sentimentalize

/ ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəˌlaɪz /

senti·mental·i·zation noun
senti·mental·izer noun
over·senti·mental·ize verb oversentimentalized oversentimentalizing
semi·senti·mental·ized adjective
unsen·ti·mental·ized adjective

First recorded in 1790–1800; sentimental + -ize

I am not going to sentimentalize over my copy, for how much of it have I read?

To sentimentalize over a criminal—to "forgive" because of a glow of feeling—is to incur liability for production of criminals.

I have talked with no sensible person who proposes to sentimentalize over the law-breaker.

Then the white race began to sentimentalize over them, and sincere scientific people to deplore their evanescence.

She was too much a child of the prairie to morbidly sentimentalize over the matter.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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