One aspect of urban societies is a romanticisation of country life but hey, Romance novels are over in another section. From Wordnik.com. [08 « September « 2008 « I Can’t Stop Reading!] Reference
In short, I admire his neurotically precise world-creation, but I dislike his bucolic romanticisation of pre-industrialism and his moralism. From Wordnik.com. [Another triple birthday, and a trip to DC!] Reference
I´ve seen human life untouched by civilisation, and I´m no longer kindly inclined towards romanticisation of the premodern mentality, either in others or myself. From Wordnik.com. [Ladies and gentlemen, the Libertarian Party candidate for the President of the United States of America] Reference
It would be progressive in a non-Christian manner- i.e., it would actively fight oppression without a moral romanticisation of suffering and a suspicion of prosperity and pleasure as the corollaries of oppression. From Wordnik.com. [Cops are here to protect you. (#4)] Reference
So Mumbai doesn't have the handicrafts and folk dance aura but we have Bollywood, we have the completely fake romanticisation of the underworld. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
In theory, it's just another deadly romanticisation of a very real problem that kills hundreds of thousands of people a year - most of them children. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference
But it also fixated it on the moment of its original insight, leading to a romanticisation of proletarian revolt as a more or less continuous flow of lava from the factory floor. From Wordnik.com. [London Review of Books] Reference
As a result of being brung up proper, I have managed to avoid the all too frequent romanticisation of †™ the workers†™ to which upper-class lefties are sometimes prone. From Wordnik.com. [Dave's Part] Reference
One of the other sculptures, The Crucifixion of Civilisation, would have challenged this central image - and it might also have challenged the romanticisation of war that has become so prevalent in Australia today. From Wordnik.com. [Faith and Theology] Reference
And in this paper earlier this week, writer Charlotte Metcalf also argued that the romanticisation of love has made us judge perfectly decent men too harshly, and blinds us to qualities that would make them good husbands. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
The audience is quite aware of this romanticisation; it also knows - having been flooded with entertainments that purport to be "based on real events" - and doesn't mind that what it is seeing is not 100 per cent accurate either. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
These are indeed some of the contradictions in which the struggle for female liberation is caught in, creating powerful popularly intelligible campaigns for greater gender equality often seems to require the use of socially resonant symbols that are themselves embedded in gender inequalities; whether they be the colour pink, the romanticisation of women, or emotionally powerful images of motherhood. From Wordnik.com. [Venezuela Analysis] Reference
"I am really tired of still hearing some kind of over-romanticisation of African communities. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They don’t question the identity of this person, but attempt to ‘get to know’ our operative, intrigued by the exotic persona and the popular romanticisation of the messenger lifestyle. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » Sam Clough : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
(romanticisation of the look in remakes of the Firm will keep it going for another few) and to adopt rumble/ambush tactics (large-scale rushes are hardly viable with their paucity of numbers and scale of opposition). From Wordnik.com. [Sonic Truth] Reference
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