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