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idealization

idea·li·za·tion

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noun

1.

a portrayal of something as ideal

  • “the idealization of rural life was very misleading”
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2.

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

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3.

something that exists only as an idea

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Origin

From idealize + -ation.

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