idealize
Origin of idealize
1- Also especially British, i·de·al·ise .
Other words from idealize
- i·de·al·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·i·de·al·ize, verb, o·ver·i·de·al·ized, o·ver·i·de·al·iz·ing.
- un·i·de·al·ized, adjective
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How to use idealize in a sentence
The moral "ought" is an idealised form of the primitive tribal "must."
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenIt is the beautiful expression of a nature which combined the Greek and the Asiatic characteristics only slightly idealised.
Romance of Roman Villas | Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) ChampneyMr Say's portrait of Guizot is softened down and idealised till the character of the man is lost.
He was her hero, and she moulded him to her fancy, and beautified him, and idealised him.
London's Heart | B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) FarjeonHe was very unlike his idealised portrait in the statue; but what matters that?
A Book of Ghosts | Sabine Baring-Gould
British Dictionary definitions for idealize
idealise
/ (aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz) /
to consider or represent (something) as ideal
(tr) to portray as ideal; glorify
(intr) to form an ideal or ideals
Derived forms of idealize
- idealizer or idealiser, noun
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