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What is "idealization" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does idealization mean in English? Meaning of idealization definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "idealization" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "idealization": a portrayal of something as ideal

Noun

  • Meaning: a portrayal of something as ideal
  • Example: the idealization of rural life was very misleading
  • Synonyms: glorification idealisation idealization
  • Hyponyms: romanticisation romanticization sentimentalisation sentimentalization
  • Hypernyms: admiration appreciation

    • Meaning of "idealization": (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

    Noun

  • Meaning: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
  • Synonyms: idealisation idealization
  • Hypernyms: defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense defense mechanism defense reaction

    • Meaning of "idealization": something that exists only as an idea

    Noun

  • Meaning: something that exists only as an idea
  • Synonyms: idealisation idealization
  • Hypernyms: idea thought

    • Synonyms:

    ennoblement, magnification, honor,

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