idealization
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- a portrayal of something as ideal“the idealization of rural life was very misleading”Synonyms: idealisationglorification
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one badSynonyms: idealisation
- something that exists only as an ideaSynonyms: idealisation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Idealization \I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n.
1.The act or process of idealizing. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
3.A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations -- one good and one bad. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5]
4.something that exists only as an idea. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5]
5.a protrayal of something as ideal. [WordNet sense 3]
Syn: glorification. [WordNet 1.5]