Look up: idealization

1. idealization
   [n] - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad 2. [n] - something that exists only as an idea 3. [n] - a portrayal of something as ideal
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2. Idealization
   I·de`al·i·za'tion noun 1. The act or process of idealizing. 2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
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3. idealization
   idealisation noun a portrayal of something as ideal; `the idealization of rural life was very misleading`
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4. idealization
   idealisation noun something that exists only as an idea
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5. idealization
   (i-de″әl-ĭ-za´shәn) a conscious or unconscious mental mechanism in which the individual overestimates an admired aspect or attribute of another person.
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6. Idealization
   • (n.) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal. • (n.) The act or process of idealizing.
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7. idealization
   
   • a portrayal of something as ideal
   • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
   • something that exists only as an idea
   
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8. Idealization
   In art, the process of generalizing and abstracting from specifically similar individuals, in order to depict the perfect type of which they are examples, the search for real character or structural form, to the neglect of external qualities and aspects. Also, any work of art in which such form or c...
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9. Idealization
   `Idealization` is the process by which scientific models assume facts about the phenomenon being modeled that are strictly false. Often these assumptions are used to make models easier to understand or solve. Many times idealizations do not harm the predictive accuracy of the model for one reason or...
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