unromanticized

adjective

un·​ro·​man·​ti·​cized ˌən-rō-ˈman-tə-ˌsīzd How to pronounce unromanticized (audio)
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: not romanticized
an unromanticized view of the world
unromanticized depictions of war

Examples of unromanticized in a Sentence

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British writer-director Clio Barnard’s unromanticized romantic drama observes the tentative relationship of two people who have little in common save loneliness and their hometown: Bradford, the ethnically diverse West Yorkshire city where Barnard has set all her films. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2022 Unlike past stories, The Hollywood Reporter’s offers, for the first time in Rudin’s almost 40 years as a producer, an unromanticized affirmation of the seemingly endless anecdotes about him as a manager. Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2021 His copious use of film and video footage benefits from his sharp sense of evocative details and vigorous, unromanticized vision. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unromanticized was in 1838

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“Unromanticized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unromanticized. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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