idealization

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noun

The act or process of idealizing.

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idealisationglorification
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Meanings

nounidealization (countable and uncountable, plural idealizations)

plural idealizations · alternative idealisation

  1. countableuncountableThe act or process of idealizing.
  2. countableuncountableThe representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna portrayal of something as ideal

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idealisationglorification
Broader
admirationappreciation

noun(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

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idealisation
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defense mechanismdefense reactiondefence mechanism

nounsomething that exists only as an idea

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idealisation
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ideathought
Also see
glorification

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From idealize + -ation.

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Translations

Catalan idealització
  • idealitzacióact or process of idealizing
Esperanto idealigo
  • idealigoact or process of idealizing
French idéalisation
  • idéalisationact or process of idealizing
German Idealisierung
  • Idealisierungact or process of idealizing
Hungarian idealizálás, eszményítés
  • idealizálásact or process of idealizing
  • eszményítésact or process of idealizing
Italian idealizzazione
  • idealizzazioneact or process of idealizing
Latvian idealizācija
  • idealizācijaact or process of idealizing
Polish idealizacja, idealizacja
  • idealizacjaact or process of idealizing
  • idealizacjastudy of the ideal
Portuguese idealização
  • idealizaçãoact or process of idealizing
Romanian idealizare
  • idealizareact or process of idealizing
Russian идеализация
  • идеализация (idealizacija)act or process of idealizing
Spanish idealización
  • idealizaciónact or process of idealizing
Ukrainian ідеаліза́ція
  • ідеаліза́ція (idealizácija)act or process of idealizing
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APA

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