Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Idealization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Idealization \I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The act or process of idealizing.
2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes,
etc., in such a way as to show their most important
characteristics; the study of the ideal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
idealization
n 1: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of
rural life was very misleading" [syn: {idealisation}, {glorification}]
2: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you
are ambivalent about into two representations--one good
and one bad [syn: {idealisation}]
3: something that exists only as an idea [syn: {idealisation}]
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