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| NOUN | 1 | idealization, idealisation, glorification | A portrayal of something as ideal |
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| 2 | idealization, idealisation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad | |
| 3 | idealization, idealisation | Something that exists only as an idea |
| Meaning | A portrayal of something as ideal. |
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| Examples | "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" |
| Synonyms | idealisation, glorification |
| Broader | admiration, appreciation |
| Narrower | sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation |
| Verbs | idealize |
| Meaning | (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 |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine |
| Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence |
| Meaning | Something that exists only as an idea. |
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| Synonyms | idealisation |
| Broader | idea, thought |
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