About The Word Idealization

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Idealization

Idealization Meaning & Definition
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

\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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