Associations to the word «Idealisation»

Wiktionary

IDEALISATION, noun. Alternative spelling of idealization

Dictionary definition

IDEALISATION, noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad.
IDEALISATION, noun. Something that exists only as an idea.
IDEALISATION, noun. A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading".

Wise words

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Napoleon Hill