Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of idealizing.

    Idealisierung

    идеализацияidealizacija

    ідеаліза́ціяidealizácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

More definitions
  • a portrayal of something as ideal
  • something that exists only as an idea
  • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

Translations

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Українська
By meaning 1
act or process of idealizing:
Русский
By meaning 1
act or process of idealizing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or process of idealizing:

Forms

plural: idealizations

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a portrayal of something as ideal:idealisationglorification
  • something that exists only as an idea:idealisation
  • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad:idealisation

Word family

2 related words

See also

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