Synonyms

idealization

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

i·de·al·i·za·tion

[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.

Origin:
1790–1800; idealize + -ation
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Idealization has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
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idealization or idealisation (aɪˌdɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən)
 
n
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
 
idealisation or idealisation
 
n

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