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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad;
[syn: idealization, idealisation]

2. something that exists only as an idea;
[syn: idealization, idealisation]

3. a portrayal of something as ideal;
- Example: "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
[syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

idealisation \idealisation\ n. 1. Same as idealization. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

idealisation n 1: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: idealization, idealisation] 2: something that exists only as an idea [syn: idealization, idealisation] 3: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification]