Definition of sentimentalize in English:

sentimentalize

(British sentimentalise)

verb sɛntɪˈmɛntəlʌɪzˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪz

[with object]

Treat, regard, or portray in a sentimental way.
men who grew up there often sentimentalized their mothers
Example sentencesExamples
- Meyer, taking his lead from his subject, relates his struggle without sentimentalising it.
- This self-inculpation for events not involving the apologists' complicity personalizes and sentimentalizes an act of crime or dereliction.
- I like the way he championed underdogs without sentimentalizing them: ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk’, he said to the man who had a touch of self-pity in his complaint that no one would help him.
- We have sentimentalized our understanding of God's relationship to humanity.
- In an age in which young girls were sentimentalized as emblems of purity and beauty, Carroll regarded little girls with great adoration, almost worship.
- There is nothing sentimentalized or homogenized about this story or the characters.
- To her credit, Leslie treats them seriously, without sentimentalizing the characters or their experiences.
- Instead, it's uncomfortably present-day in its stark depiction of the machinations of money, wealth and love, all heightened by Davies's refusal to sentimentalize those topics.
- And to say that Simpson doesn't sentimentalize this role would be a massive understatement.
- And because he wants, intermittently, to sentimentalize their dilemmas, he has a hard time generating genuinely potent satire.
- Let's stop sentimentalising the fuddy-duddies who cling to outmoded ‘ethical’ concepts and start applauding those with the courage to brush away the cobwebs of scruple and get on with making money!
- We sentimentalize the great figures of our past, and then we find out that they were human beings who did both things that were exceptional and other things that perhaps weren't savory at all.
- But Jenkins doesn't resort to sentimentalising her to generate sympathy.
- But as long as you make the problems genuine and the characters strive with all their considerable abilities to solve them, you are not going to patronise them or sentimentalise them.
- We censor it, sentimentalise it, treat it as a commodity.
- In most films, these matters are sentimentalized or skirted altogether.
- Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate.
- Kate's predicament is never sentimentalized, and the tough decisions she faces aren't simplified to bring about a tidy little ending.
- One sister in London, England, sentimentalizes Montreal and pines to be here.
- The story of a nun who befriends a man on death row never sentimentalises the issues, but is an unforgettable study of capital punishment's cynicism.

Derivatives

sentimentalization

nounsɛntɪˈmɛnt(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n

It's part of the well-documented process of the sentimentalisation of society, in which emotions are more important than facts and the most powerful condition is that of victimhood.
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm not sure whether it was pre or post-Victorian, but I'd agree that a sentimentalisation of children and childhood took place.
- Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy.
- By the 1930s, they contend, ‘the sentimentalization of childhood [even] cut across social class distinctions.’
- Now, it seems, this babyish sentimentalisation of nature is regarded as a social attribute.

Definition of sentimentalize in US English:

sentimentalize

(British sentimentalise)

verbˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪzˌsen(t)əˈmen(t)lˌīz

[with object]

Treat, regard, or portray in a sentimental way.
men who grew up there often sentimentalized their mothers
Example sentencesExamples
- One sister in London, England, sentimentalizes Montreal and pines to be here.
- Meyer, taking his lead from his subject, relates his struggle without sentimentalising it.
- We sentimentalize the great figures of our past, and then we find out that they were human beings who did both things that were exceptional and other things that perhaps weren't savory at all.
- But as long as you make the problems genuine and the characters strive with all their considerable abilities to solve them, you are not going to patronise them or sentimentalise them.
- I like the way he championed underdogs without sentimentalizing them: ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk’, he said to the man who had a touch of self-pity in his complaint that no one would help him.
- Kate's predicament is never sentimentalized, and the tough decisions she faces aren't simplified to bring about a tidy little ending.
- Instead, it's uncomfortably present-day in its stark depiction of the machinations of money, wealth and love, all heightened by Davies's refusal to sentimentalize those topics.
- And to say that Simpson doesn't sentimentalize this role would be a massive understatement.
- To her credit, Leslie treats them seriously, without sentimentalizing the characters or their experiences.
- Let's stop sentimentalising the fuddy-duddies who cling to outmoded ‘ethical’ concepts and start applauding those with the courage to brush away the cobwebs of scruple and get on with making money!
- In an age in which young girls were sentimentalized as emblems of purity and beauty, Carroll regarded little girls with great adoration, almost worship.
- The story of a nun who befriends a man on death row never sentimentalises the issues, but is an unforgettable study of capital punishment's cynicism.
- This self-inculpation for events not involving the apologists' complicity personalizes and sentimentalizes an act of crime or dereliction.
- There is nothing sentimentalized or homogenized about this story or the characters.
- We have sentimentalized our understanding of God's relationship to humanity.
- But Jenkins doesn't resort to sentimentalising her to generate sympathy.
- We censor it, sentimentalise it, treat it as a commodity.
- And because he wants, intermittently, to sentimentalize their dilemmas, he has a hard time generating genuinely potent satire.
- In most films, these matters are sentimentalized or skirted altogether.
- Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate.

单词	sentimentalize
释义	Definition of sentimentalize in English: sentimentalize (British sentimentalise) verb sɛntɪˈmɛntəlʌɪzˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪz [with object] Treat, regard, or portray in a sentimental way. men who grew up there often sentimentalized their mothers Example sentencesExamples Meyer, taking his lead from his subject, relates his struggle without sentimentalising it. This self-inculpation for events not involving the apologists' complicity personalizes and sentimentalizes an act of crime or dereliction. I like the way he championed underdogs without sentimentalizing them: ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk’, he said to the man who had a touch of self-pity in his complaint that no one would help him. We have sentimentalized our understanding of God's relationship to humanity. In an age in which young girls were sentimentalized as emblems of purity and beauty, Carroll regarded little girls with great adoration, almost worship. There is nothing sentimentalized or homogenized about this story or the characters. To her credit, Leslie treats them seriously, without sentimentalizing the characters or their experiences. Instead, it's uncomfortably present-day in its stark depiction of the machinations of money, wealth and love, all heightened by Davies's refusal to sentimentalize those topics. And to say that Simpson doesn't sentimentalize this role would be a massive understatement. And because he wants, intermittently, to sentimentalize their dilemmas, he has a hard time generating genuinely potent satire. Let's stop sentimentalising the fuddy-duddies who cling to outmoded ‘ethical’ concepts and start applauding those with the courage to brush away the cobwebs of scruple and get on with making money! We sentimentalize the great figures of our past, and then we find out that they were human beings who did both things that were exceptional and other things that perhaps weren't savory at all. But Jenkins doesn't resort to sentimentalising her to generate sympathy. But as long as you make the problems genuine and the characters strive with all their considerable abilities to solve them, you are not going to patronise them or sentimentalise them. We censor it, sentimentalise it, treat it as a commodity. In most films, these matters are sentimentalized or skirted altogether. Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate. Kate's predicament is never sentimentalized, and the tough decisions she faces aren't simplified to bring about a tidy little ending. One sister in London, England, sentimentalizes Montreal and pines to be here. The story of a nun who befriends a man on death row never sentimentalises the issues, but is an unforgettable study of capital punishment's cynicism. Derivatives sentimentalization nounsɛntɪˈmɛnt(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n It's part of the well-documented process of the sentimentalisation of society, in which emotions are more important than facts and the most powerful condition is that of victimhood. Example sentencesExamples I'm not sure whether it was pre or post-Victorian, but I'd agree that a sentimentalisation of children and childhood took place. Legal notions of spousal unity and the sentimentalization of a woman's role as ‘the angel in the house’ have often served to undercut married women's agency and autonomy. By the 1930s, they contend, ‘the sentimentalization of childhood [even] cut across social class distinctions.’ Now, it seems, this babyish sentimentalisation of nature is regarded as a social attribute. Definition of sentimentalize in US English: sentimentalize (British sentimentalise) verbˌsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)lˌaɪzˌsen(t)əˈmen(t)lˌīz [with object] Treat, regard, or portray in a sentimental way. men who grew up there often sentimentalized their mothers Example sentencesExamples One sister in London, England, sentimentalizes Montreal and pines to be here. Meyer, taking his lead from his subject, relates his struggle without sentimentalising it. We sentimentalize the great figures of our past, and then we find out that they were human beings who did both things that were exceptional and other things that perhaps weren't savory at all. But as long as you make the problems genuine and the characters strive with all their considerable abilities to solve them, you are not going to patronise them or sentimentalise them. I like the way he championed underdogs without sentimentalizing them: ‘Stand up, take your mat and walk’, he said to the man who had a touch of self-pity in his complaint that no one would help him. Kate's predicament is never sentimentalized, and the tough decisions she faces aren't simplified to bring about a tidy little ending. Instead, it's uncomfortably present-day in its stark depiction of the machinations of money, wealth and love, all heightened by Davies's refusal to sentimentalize those topics. And to say that Simpson doesn't sentimentalize this role would be a massive understatement. To her credit, Leslie treats them seriously, without sentimentalizing the characters or their experiences. Let's stop sentimentalising the fuddy-duddies who cling to outmoded ‘ethical’ concepts and start applauding those with the courage to brush away the cobwebs of scruple and get on with making money! In an age in which young girls were sentimentalized as emblems of purity and beauty, Carroll regarded little girls with great adoration, almost worship. The story of a nun who befriends a man on death row never sentimentalises the issues, but is an unforgettable study of capital punishment's cynicism. This self-inculpation for events not involving the apologists' complicity personalizes and sentimentalizes an act of crime or dereliction. There is nothing sentimentalized or homogenized about this story or the characters. We have sentimentalized our understanding of God's relationship to humanity. But Jenkins doesn't resort to sentimentalising her to generate sympathy. We censor it, sentimentalise it, treat it as a commodity. And because he wants, intermittently, to sentimentalize their dilemmas, he has a hard time generating genuinely potent satire. In most films, these matters are sentimentalized or skirted altogether. Reading his book over a century later, in an age that has sentimentalised illness and therapy, his remarks sound disconcertingly moderate.
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