sentimentalize

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English

Etymology

From sentimental +‎ -ize.

Verb

sentimentalize (third-person singular simple present sentimentalizes, present participle sentimentalizing, simple past and past participle sentimentalized)

  1. (transitive) To give a sentimental feel to.
    Let us not sentimentalize things just because they are old. Getting all dewy-eyed about it because it was started in the 17th century doesn't make sense when we're talking about the town dump.
  2. (intransitive) To think or act in a sentimental manner; to get sentimental.
    • 1857, Charles Kingsley, “(please specify the page)”, in Two Years Ago, volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC:
      he learnt to sentimentalize over cathedrals and monasteries , pictures and statues , saints and kaisers

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