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Detailed Synonyms for idealization in English

idealization:

idealization American

  1. idealization

idealization [the ~] noun, American

  1. the idealization
    – a portrayal of something as ideal 1
    the glorification; the idealization; the idealisation
    – a portrayal of something as ideal 1
  2. the idealization
    – something that exists only as an idea 1
    the idealization; the idealisation
    – something that exists only as an idea 1
  3. the idealization
    – (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad 1
    the idealization; the idealisation
    – (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad 1

Alternate Synonyms for "idealization":


Related Definitions for "idealization":

  1. a portrayal of something as ideal1
    • the idealization of rural life was very misleading1
  2. something that exists only as an idea1
  3. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad1