NOUN | process | idealisation, idealization | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad |
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cognition | idealisation, idealization | something that exists only as an idea | |
act | idealisation, idealization, glorification | a portrayal of something as ideal |
Meaning | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. | |
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Synonym | idealization | |
Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
Spanish | idealización | |
Catalan | idealització | |
Verbs | idealise | consider or render as ideal |
Meaning | Something that exists only as an idea. | |
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Synonym | idealization | |
Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
Spanish | idealización |
Meaning | A portrayal of something as ideal. | |
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Synonyms | idealization, glorification | |
Narrower | sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation | The act of indulging in sentiment |
Broader | admiration, appreciation | A favorable judgment |
Spanish | glorificación, idealización | |
Catalan | idealització |
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