Meaning & use
Idealizations
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Representations or conceptions of someone or something as perfect or better than reality, often ignoring flaws.
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Her idealizations of married life didn't survive the first year of arguments over chores.
Art historians study Renaissance idealizations of the human body.
A note on using this word
In psychology, idealization is considered a defense mechanism in which a person attributes exaggeratedly positive qualities to another.
Words with a similar meaning
glorificationsromanticizationsembellishments
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Words with an opposite meaning
realitiescriticisms
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