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Idealisation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Idealisation has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

2

something that exists only as an idea

3

a portrayal of something as ideal

"the idealization of rural life was very misleading"

4

Alternative spelling of idealization

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
defense mechanism idea admiration
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
sentimentalization
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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