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A portrayal of something as ideal
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idealisation
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Word definitions for idealisation in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
idealisation \idealisation\ n. 1. Same as idealization .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of idealization English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: idealization ] something that exists only as an idea [syn: idealization ] a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization ...
Usage examples of idealisation.
It's Mother he didn't like', and from that was born a kind of idealisation, a kind of secret liaison between you and her.