idealisation | ||
1. | [ noun ] something that exists only as an idea | |
Synonyms: | idealization | |
Related terms: | idea | |
2. | [ noun ] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | |
Synonyms: | idealization | |
Related terms: | defense psychiatry | |
3. | [ noun ] a portrayal of something as ideal | |
Synonyms: | idealization glorification | |
Examples: | "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" |
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Related terms: | admiration sentimentalization glorify | |
Similar spelling: |
idolisation idealization idolization idealistic idealized idealised ideal_solid |