English noun: idealization |
1. | idealization (act) a portrayal of something as ideal |
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| Samples | The idealization of rural life was very misleading.
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| Synonyms | glorification, idealisation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | admiration, appreciation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization |
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2. | idealization (process) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad |
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| Synonyms | idealisation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
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| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology |
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3. | idealization (cognition) something that exists only as an idea |
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| Synonyms | idealisation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought |
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