romanticize

• "A lot of people like to romanticize, hold Indians to that image of weaving blankets for sale by the side of the road, and we're weaving all right, but it's gone beyond blankets to information." —  Omni: August 1993
• Regarding the March 31 article, "Hundreds of African migrants die in shipwreck off Libya's coast": This article's description of the recent smuggling tragedy in Libya tends to romanticize (and thereby aggravate) the problem of illegal immigration. —  Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories
• It's true that "Gomorra," billed as a kind of anti - "Godfather," doesn't romanticize organized crime at all, and looking honestly at the mob is a good thing, of course. —  Daily Tar Heel RSS
• Indeed, we are seeing how the pundits love to "romanticize" the "working class" just as the Marxists have said nice things about the "proletariat," but actually seeing so-called "working people" as being anything more than political symbols is something else. —  LewRockwell.com
• Define "romanticize" in regards to Hamas and Hezbollah. —  TPMCafe

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