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

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin