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idealisation

idealisation \idealisation\ n. 1. Same as idealization.

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idealisation

n. (alternative spelling of idealization English)

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

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

  3. 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.