Synonyms for "idealization" (61 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

airinessappearanceautismautistic thinkingdelusivenessdematerializationdereismdereistic thinkingdisembodimentdreameryetherealizationfallaciousnessfalse appearance

Strong matches (18)

false lightfalse showfalsenessflight of fancyidealidealismidealityillusionismillusionistillusivenessimaginative exerciseimmaterialityimmaterializationimpracticalitymagicmagic act

Noun(2 words)

glorificationidealisation

Related words (30)

magic showmagicianperfectionplay of fancyprestidigitationprosperoquixotismquixotryromanceromanticismseemingsemblanceshowsimulacrumsleight of handsorcerersorceryspecious appearancespiritualizationunactuality

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unpracticalnessunrealismunrealityunsubstantialityunsubstantializationutopianismvisionarinesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinking

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

admirationappreciationdefencedefence mechanismdefence reactiondefensedefense mechanismdefense reactionideathought

derived

1 entries

overidealization

derived from

1 entries

idealize

has context

1 entries

psychiatry

is a

3 entries

admirationdefense mechanismidea

related to

2 entries

idealizeprocess

Translations

18 translations across 16 languages.

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Asturian

1 entries

• idealización noun (act or process of idealizing)

Belarusian

1 entries

• ідэаліза́цыя noun (act or process of idealizing)

Catalan

1 entries

• idealització noun (act or process of idealizing)

Esperanto

1 entries

• idealigo noun (act or process of idealizing)

French

1 entries

• idéalisation noun (act or process of idealizing)

Galician

1 entries

• idealización noun (act or process of idealizing)

German

1 entries

• Idealisierung noun (act or process of idealizing)

Hungarian

2 entries

• eszményítés noun (act or process of idealizing)
• idealizálás noun (act or process of idealizing)

Italian

1 entries

• idealizzazione noun (act or process of idealizing)

Latvian

1 entries

• idealizācija noun (act or process of idealizing)

Polish

2 entries

• idealizacja noun (act or process of idealizing)
• idealizacja noun (study of the ideal)

Portuguese

1 entries

• idealização noun (act or process of idealizing)

Romanian

1 entries

• idealizare noun (act or process of idealizing)

Russian

1 entries

• идеализация noun (act or process of idealizing)

Spanish

1 entries

• idealización noun (act or process of idealizing)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• ідеаліза́ція noun (act or process of idealizing)

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