| VERB | cognition | idealise, idealize | consider or render as ideal |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | idealise, idealize | form ideals |
| Meaning | Consider or render as ideal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | idealize | |
| Narrower | deify | Consider as a god or godlike |
| romanticize, romanticise, glamorize, glamourise | interpret romantically | |
| Broader | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
| Spanish | idealizar | |
| Catalan | idealitzar | |
| Nouns | ideal | the idea of something that is perfect |
| idealisation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | |
| Meaning | form ideals. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | idealize | |
| Broader | think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct | devise or invent / invent |
| Spanish | idealizar | |
| Catalan | idealitzar | |
| Nouns | ideal | the idea of something that is perfect |
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