IDEALIZATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a portrayal of something as ideal
   
   Synonym(s)
   • glorification (what does glorification mean?)
   • idealisation (what does idealisation mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the idealization of rural life was very misleading
   
   Hypernyms(s) idealization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • admiration (what does admiration mean?)
   • appreciation (what does appreciation mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • sentimentalization (what does sentimentalization mean?)
   • sentimentalisation (what does sentimentalisation mean?)
   • romanticization (what does romanticization mean?)
   • romanticisation (what does romanticisation mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • glorify (what does glorify mean?)
   • idealize (what does idealize mean?)
   • idealise (what does idealise mean?)
2. Meaning
   • something that exists only as an idea
   
   Synonym(s)
   • idealisation (what does idealisation mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) idealization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • idea (what does idea mean?)
   • thought (what does thought mean?)
3. Meaning
   • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations–one good and one bad
   
   Synonym(s)
   • idealisation (what does idealisation mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) idealization is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • defense mechanism (what does defense mechanism mean?)
   • defense reaction (what does defense reaction mean?)
   • defence mechanism (what does defence mechanism mean?)
   • defence reaction (what does defence reaction mean?)
   • defense (what does defense mean?)
   • defence (what does defence mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • idealize (what does idealize mean?)
   • idealise (what does idealise mean?)