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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | idealise |
| Type of | view, consider, reckon, regard, see |
| Has types | glamorize, romanticise, romanticize, deify, glamourise |
| Derivation | ideal, idealization |
She idealized her husband after his death.
Examples of idealize
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The regime decreed that art should idealize the dictatorship of the proletariat.
From the independent.co.uk
Upon the death of a leader, a nation is tempted to idealize his accomplishments.
From the time.com
In the end, we're probably all at risk of distortion when we idealize anything.
From the theatlantic.com
It's not the responsibility of any fiction to idealize its subject or buck it up.
From the time.com
Many women idealize parenthood as one of the most fulfilling experiences in life.
From the sciencedaily.com
I don't want to idealize poverty, or suggest that I've ever really experienced it.
From the stltoday.com
Myths that idealize master-slave relations have been around for thousands of years.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
It was easy to idealize immigration when the doors were shut, but we know better now.
From the washingtonpost.com
Many Americans came to idealize these businessmen who amassed vast financial empires.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"
- Form ideals; "Man has always idealized"
- (idealized) exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence
- (idealization) a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
- (idealization) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
- (Idealized) For the term as it is used in sociology, see idealization (sociology).
- To regard something as ideal; To conceive or form an ideal
- (idealization) The act or process of idealizing; The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal
- (Idealized) To attempt in art to improve upon reality. An example of this would be to render an aging person as being more youthful than they acutely are.
