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IDEALIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A portrayal of something as ideal
Example:
the idealization of rural life was very misleading
Synonyms:
glorification; idealisation; idealization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("idealization" is a kind of...):
admiration; appreciation (a favorable judgment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idealization"):
romanticisation; romanticization; sentimentalisation; sentimentalization (the act of indulging in sentiment)
Derivation:
idealize (consider or render as ideal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something that exists only as an idea
Synonyms:
idealisation; idealization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("idealization" is a kind of...):
idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Synonyms:
idealisation; idealization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("idealization" is a kind of...):
defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
