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Idealization

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of idealizing. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a portrayal of something as ideal wordnet
  3. 3
    The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    something that exists only as an idea wordnet
  5. 5
    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad wordnet

Etymology

From idealize + -ation.

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