idealization English

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What does idealization mean?

idealization

— noun (= idealisation) a portrayal of something as ideal the idealization of rural life was very misleading

— noun something that exists only as an idea

— noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

Synonyms idealization synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as idealization?

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idealisation

glorification

sublimation