idealization

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. a portrayal of something as ideal (Freq. 1)
- the idealization of rural life was very misleading
• Syn:
idealisation, glorification
• Derivationally related forms:
glorify (for: glorification), idealize
• Hypernyms:
admiration, appreciation
• Hyponyms:
sentimentalization, sentimentalisation, romanticization, romanticisation
2. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
• Syn:
idealisation
• Derivationally related forms:
idealise (for: idealisation)
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
3. something that exists only as an idea
• Syn:
idealisation
• Hypernyms:
idea, thought

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  idealisation, glorification