Crossword clues for idealisation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
idealisation
idealisation \idealisation\ n. 1. Same as idealization.
Wiktionary
idealisation
n. (alternative spelling of idealization English)
WordNet
idealisation
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 of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, glorification]
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.