IDEALIZATION
Scrabble letter values: I1D2E1A1L1I1Z10A1T1I1O1N1 = 22
Definition
- noun a portrayal of something as ideal. — synonyms: idealisation, glorification
- noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. — synonyms: idealisation
- noun something that exists only as an idea. — synonyms: idealisation
Examples
- “the idealization of rural life was very misleading”