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deromanticise

deromanticise is the alternative spelling of deromanticize.

Meaning of deromanticize

Verb

deromanticize (third-person singular simple present deromanticizes, present participle deromanticizing, simple past and past participle deromanticized)

  1. (transitive) To strip of romance; to make realistic rather than wishfully ideal.

Forms of deromanticise

third-person singular presentderomanticises
present participlederomanticising
past participlederomanticised
pastderomanticised

Origin of deromanticise

From de- + romanticise.

Questions about deromanticise

What is deromanticise the alternative spelling of?
Deromanticise is the alternative spelling of deromanticize.

Words near deromanticise in the dictionary

  1. derogatoriness
  2. derogators
  3. derogatory
  4. derogatory clause
  5. derogatory clauses
  6. deromanticise
  7. deromanticised
  8. deromanticises
  9. deromanticising
  10. deromanticize
  11. deromanticized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deromanticise (page history and authors); deromanticize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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