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English noun: idealisation

1. idealisation (process) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad


Synonymsidealization


Broader (hypernym)defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction


Domain categorypsychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology

2. idealisation (cognition) something that exists only as an idea


Synonymsidealization


Broader (hypernym)idea, thought

3. idealisation (act) a portrayal of something as ideal


SamplesThe idealization of rural life was very misleading.


Synonymsglorification, idealization


Broader (hypernym)admiration, appreciation


Narrower (hyponym)romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization









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