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Noun: romanticisation  row,man-ti-su'zey-shun [N. Amer], row,man-ti-sI'zey-shun [Brit]
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: romanticization)
  1. The act of indulging in sentiment
    "Her romanticisation of the past often glossed over its harsher realities";
    - sentimentalization, sentimentalisation [Brit], romanticization

Derived forms: romanticisations

Type of: glorification, idealisation [Brit], idealization