idealization : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: idealization	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for idealization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idealization n a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation, glorification (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation something that exists only as an idea Synonym(s): idealization, idealisation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Idealization \Ide`ali*za"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of idealizing. 2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.