Definition of Idealization

1. Noun. A portrayal of something as ideal. "The idealization of rural life was very misleading"

Exact synonyms: Glorification, Idealisation
Generic synonyms: Admiration, Appreciation
Specialized synonyms: Romanticisation, Romanticization, Sentimentalisation, Sentimentalization
Derivative terms: Glorify, Idealize

2. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad.

3. Noun. Something that exists only as an idea.
Exact synonyms: Idealisation
Generic synonyms: Idea, Thought

Definition of Idealization

1. n. The act or process of idealizing.

Definition of Idealization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Idealization

idealisation
idealise
idealised
idealises
idealising
idealism
idealisms
idealist
idealist
idealistic
idealistically
idealists
idealities
ideality
ideality
idealization (current term)
idealizations
idealize
idealized
idealizer
idealizers
idealizes
idealizing
idealless
ideally
idealogies
idealogue
idealogues
idealogy
ideals

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