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Idealization Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Idealization has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a portrayal of something as ideal

"the idealization of rural life was very misleading"

2

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

3

something that exists only as an idea

4

The act or process of idealizing.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
admiration defense mechanism idea
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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