| NOUN | act | idealization, idealisation, glorification | a portrayal of something as ideal |
|---|---|---|---|
| process | idealization, idealisation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | |
| cognition | idealization, idealisation | something that exists only as an idea |
| Meaning | A portrayal of something as ideal. | |
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| Example | "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" | |
| Synonyms | idealisation, glorification | |
| Narrower | sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation | The act of indulging in sentiment |
| Broader | admiration, appreciation | A favorable judgment |
| Spanish | glorificación, idealización | |
| Catalan | idealització | |
| Verbs | idealize | consider or render 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 | idealisation | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Something that exists only as an idea. | |
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| Synonym | idealisation | |
| Broader | idea, thought | The content of cognition |
| Spanish | idealización | |
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