deromanticize

[ dee-roh-man-tuh-siz ]

verb (used with object)

, de·ro·man·ti·cized, de·ro·man·ti·ciz·ing.

1. to remove the romantic, ideal, or heroic aura from.

Word History and Origins

Origin of deromanticize¹

de- + romanticize

Example Sentences

For any Swiftie unfamiliar with how the journalism world operates, let me deromanticize the glamour attached to the job.

From Salon

Big Boi’s speech forces the audience to deromanticize its notions of Northeastern supremacy and recognize the South as capable of hip-hop.

From Slate

One might imagine that e-books and the Web could deromanticize reading.

From The New Yorker

Mr. Hawke admirably avoids the temptation of glamorous Byronic posturing, an attitude Chekhov was doing his best to deromanticize but one that many a matinee idol has fallen into in playing Ivanov.

From New York Times