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- verb transitive To strip of
romance ; to makerealistic rather thanwishfully ideal .
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Examples
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Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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Reflection 1: Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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Any attempt to deromanticize the cowboy will only boomerang and end up striking whatever it attempts to debunk.
Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009
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Any attempt to deromanticize the cowboy will only boomerang and end up striking whatever it attempts to debunk.
Literary Life: A Second Memoir Larry McMurtry 2009
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Reflection 1: Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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Reflection 1: Before I take any great step OR make any decision, I must deromanticize it.
Making Great Decisions Reflections T. D. Jakes 2009
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The books are an attempt he says to deromanticize gangs, crime and prison.
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The far-off look in his eyes, as though tracking a giant hourglass emptying somewhere in the middle distance, is reminiscent of Trigorin, the writer in Chekhov's "The Seagull," who strives to deromanticize the artist's life to a young gaga actress: "Here am I talking to you and getting quite excited yet can't forget for a second that I've an unfinished novel waiting for me."
latimes.com - News 2010
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