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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley