emotionalize

[ ih-moh-shuh-nl-ahyz ]
/ ɪˈmoʊ ʃə nlˌaɪz /

verb (used with object), e·mo·tion·al·ized, e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing.

to make emotional; treat as a matter of emotion.
Also especially British, e·mo·tion·al·ise.

Origin of emotionalize

First recorded in 1875–80; emotional + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM emotionalize

de-e·mo·tion·al·ize, verb (used with object), de·-e·mo·tion·al·ized, de·-e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing. o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·ized, o·ver·e·mo·tion·al·iz·ing.

Words nearby emotionalize

emotional labour, emotional literacy, emotionalism, emotionalist, emotionality, emotionalize, emotionally correct, emotive, emotive meaning, emotivism, emp

Example sentences from the Web for emotionalize

  • It would be cruelly unfair, she recognized that, to emotionalize over them—force them.

    The Real Adventure |Henry Kitchell Webster

  • She can feel as well as think and so can emotionalize the printed page.

    The Vitalized School |Francis B. Pearson

  • It is a good idea of Santayana that "the function of poetry is to emotionalize philosophy."

    The Last Harvest |John Burroughs

British Dictionary definitions for emotionalize

emotionalize

emotionalise

/ (ɪˈməʊʃənəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make emotional; subject to emotional treatment

Derived forms of emotionalize

emotionalization or emotionalisation, noun