Associations to the word «Idealization»
Adjective
Wiktionary
IDEALIZATION, noun. The act or process of idealizing.
IDEALIZATION, noun. The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
Dictionary definition
IDEALIZATION, noun. A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading".
IDEALIZATION, noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad.
IDEALIZATION, noun. Something that exists only as an idea.
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.