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noun
The act or process of idealizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a portrayal of something as ideal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: idealisation, glorification
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: admiration, appreciation
Narrower terms: sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation
noun
something that exists only as an idea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: idealisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: idea, thought
noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: idealisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
History
Etymology tree English idealize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English idealization From idealize + -ation.
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
