Associations to the word «Idealization»
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.