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Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
sentimentalize is a verb meaning "look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment". It carries 3 recorded senses.
look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
“Don't sentimentalize the past events”
make (someone or something) sentimental or imbue with sentimental qualities
“Too much poetry sentimentalizes the mind”
“These experiences have sentimentalized her”
act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for sentimentalize come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.