Idealization Definition & Meaning

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Idealization

Idealization Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Idealization? [n] a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [n] something that exists only as an idea [n] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad Synonyms \| Synonyms for Idealization: glorification \| idealisation \| idealisation \| idealisation Related Terms \| Find terms related to Idealization: airiness \| appearance \| autism \| autistic thinking \| delusiveness \| dematerialization \| dereism \| dereistic thinking \| disembodiment \| dreamery \| etherealization \| fallaciousness \| false appearance \| false light \| false show \| falseness \| flight of fancy \| ideal \| idealism \| ideality \| illusionism \| illusionist \| illusiveness \| imaginative exercise \| immateriality \| immaterialization \| impracticality \| magic \| magic act \| magic show \| magician \| play of fancy \| prestidigitation \| Prospero \| quixotism \| quixotry \| romance \| romanticism \| seeming \| semblance \| show \| simulacrum \| sleight of hand \| sorcerer \| sorcery \| specious appearance \| spiritualization \| unactuality \| unpracticalness \| unrealism \| unreality \| unsubstantiality \| unsubstantialization \| utopianism \| visionariness \| wish fulfillment \| wishful thinking \| wish-fulfillment fantasy See Also \| admiration \| appreciation \| defence \| defence mechanism \| defence reaction \| defense \| defense mechanism \| defense reaction \| idea \| romanticisation \| romanticization \| sentimentalisation \| sentimentalization \| thought Idealization In Webster's Dictionary \Ide`ali*za"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of idealizing. 2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Idealization Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Idealization?

[n] a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
[n] something that exists only as an idea
[n] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

Synonyms | Synonyms for Idealization: glorification | idealisation | idealisation | idealisation

Idealization In Webster's Dictionary

\I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of idealizing.

2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes,
   etc., in such a way as to show their most important
   characteristics; the study of the ideal.

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