Associations to the word «Idealization»
Noun
- Abstraction
- Realism
- Galileo
- Caricature
- Approximation
- Generalization
- Linguistic
- Freud
- Tendency
- Assumption
- Physics
- Reality
- Mentor
- Fancy
- Complexity
- Acceptance
- Representation
- Phenomenon
- Datum
- Theory
- Self
- Grammar
- Emphasis
- Nature
- Tradition
- Model
- Philosophy
- Beauty
- Sentiment
- Framework
- Belief
- Psychology
- Myth
- Concept
- Painting
- Acquisition
- Relationship
- Object
- Johnson
- Childhood
- Distinction
- Biology
- Portrait
- Debate
- Behavior
- Process
- Analysis
- Love
- Madame
- Example
- Medium
- Feeling
- Explanation
- Description
- Pattern
- Emotion
- Art
- Variation
- Lack
Adjective
Wiktionary
IDEALIZATION, noun. The act or process of idealizing.
IDEALIZATION, noun. The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
Dictionary definition
IDEALIZATION, noun. A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading".
IDEALIZATION, noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad.
IDEALIZATION, noun. Something that exists only as an idea.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.