overidealize

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verb

To idealize to too great an extent.

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Meanings

verboveridealize (third-person singular simple present overidealizes, present participle overidealizing, simple past and past participle overidealized)

present singular third person overidealizes · participle present overidealizing · participle past overidealized · past overidealized

  1. transitiveTo idealize to too great an extent.

    “He’s an American who overidealizes Paris as a sort of idyllic political and cultural mecca,” Mr. Goldberg said by phone.

    2007 August 5, Kristin Hohenadel, “A French Actress’s Life on Screen. Kind Of.”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + idealize.

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APA

overidealize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidealize

MLA

“overidealize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidealize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overidealize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overidealize.

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