Reference meaning
idealization
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a portrayal of something as ideal
Related source terms
idealisationglorification
Other meanings
2. noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
3. noun
something that exists only as an idea
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