Defenition of the word idealization

• Defenition of the word idealization

  • something that exists only as an idea
  • a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
  • a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
  • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
  • a portrayal of something as ideal

Synonyms for the word idealization

• • admiration
  • adulation
  • glorification
  • idealisation
  • idolization
  • respect
  • veneration
  • worship

Similar words in the idealization

• • idealization
  • idealization's

Hyponyms for the word idealization

• • romanticisation
  • romanticization
  • sentimentalisation
  • sentimentalization

Hypernyms for the word idealization

• • admiration
  • appreciation
  • defence
  • defence mechanism
  • defence reaction
  • defense
  • defense mechanism
  • defense reaction
  • idea
  • thought

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