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