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idealization

[ ahy-dee-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act or process of idealizing something.
  2. Psychoanalysis. a mental mechanism, operating consciously or unconsciously, in which one person overestimates an admired attribute of another.


idealization

/ 补瑟藢诲瑟蓹濒补瑟藞锄别瑟蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. the representation of something as ideal
  2. a conception of something that dwells on its advantages and ignores its deficiencies
  3. a general theoretical account of natural phenomena that ignores features that are difficult to accommodate within a theory
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of idealization1

First recorded in 1790鈥1800; idealize + -ation
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With "Yoko," Sheff eschews 鈥渇iltered idealization鈥 in favor of crafting Ono鈥檚 biography with all of the artist鈥檚 foibles and failures in candid relief.

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This is a young man鈥檚 idealization of a dying old man glorifying his final breaths.

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As a man who鈥檚 always on the right side of history, he manages to embody the idealization of the American spirit while critiquing its difficult reality.

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More than implied in this 1950s-esque idealization of Americana is the segregation and bigotry that actually dominated the time.

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Waldstreicher, who teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is known for deeply researched, tightly written studies, which aim to complicate any comforting idealization of the founding.

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