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emotionalize

[ ih-moh-shuh-nl-ahyz ]

verb (used with object)

emotionalized, emotionalizing.
  1. to make emotional; treat as a matter of emotion.


emotionalize

/ ɪˈəʊʃəəˌɪ /

verb

  1. tr to make emotional; subject to emotional treatment
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdzپDzԲˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • -·tDz·· verb (used with object) deemotionalized deemotionalizing
  • v··tDz·· verb (used with object) overemotionalized overemotionalizing
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of emotionalize1

First recorded in 1875–80; emotional + -ize
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Example Sentences

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The casting of deaf and hearing actors — one to embody and emotionalize a character, the other to sing, speak and jam — fails to harmonize into a resonant or even intelligible interpretation.

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But we anthropomorphize, assuming they emotionalize identically to us, and that’s the mistake.

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“She did it in the final round, and then her caddie supported her with it as well, to keep her focus on the present and future of the round. Great/good/good enough shots you want to emotionalize, so the brain stores it as a memory.”

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One of the interviewers follows up by saying, “You alluded earlier that you have actions that you could take if that happened—in other words, if they emotionalize this topic and try to make it bigger than maybe it should be on a relative scale. Can you detail what you mean by what you said?”

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The case is different when the teacher of fact happens to find in art, in real literature, some picture or detail with which to emotionalize and beautify his fact.

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