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English Dictionary: idealisation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idealisation
n
  1. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
    Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation
  2. something that exists only as an idea
    Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation
  3. a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
    Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation, glorification
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