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idealization
noun(i-de-al-i-za-tion)
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Synonyms: idealisation,
idealization
noun(i-de-al-i-za-tion)
something that exists only as an idea
Synonyms: idealisation,
idealization
noun(i-de-al-i-za-tion)
a portrayal of something as ideal
Synonyms: glorification, idealisation,
Examples:
The idealization of rural life was very misleading.

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