Associations to the word «Idealize»

Wiktionary

IDEALIZE, verb. (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
IDEALIZE, verb. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
IDEALIZE, verb. (art) To portray using idealization.

Dictionary definition

IDEALIZE, verb. Consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death".
IDEALIZE, verb. Form ideals; "Man has always idealized".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky