Definitions for idealization

idealization i·de·al·i·za·tion

Spelling: [ahy-dee-uh-luh-zey-shuh n]
IPA: /aɪˌdi ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən/

Idealization is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 692 anagrams from letters in idealization (aadeiiilnotz).

Definitions for idealization

noun

  1. the act or process of idealizing something.
  2. Psychoanalysis. a mental mechanism, operating consciously or unconsciously, in which one person overestimates an admired attribute of another.

Origin of idealization

First recorded in 1790-1800; idealize + -ation

Examples for idealization

Nevertheless, idealization of the past is evil in its consequences.

It made his love for Nedda more actual, less of an idealization.

It is useless to attempt an idealization of the Hawaiian eater.

Nothing need be added; the idealization has already taken place.

They were Betsey and West, the idealization of her former lover.

The irony is that the idealization of Earp as a good guy with a gun, an unswerving servant of law and order, is a myth.

But there is a messy middle territory between demonization and idealization.

The materials with which he can work are the idealization of the times in which he lives.

Admittedly, a lot of undeserved cultural authority will have to erode before this idealization can materialize.

The second process is idealization, which can act conjointly with the other.

Word Value for idealization
Scrable

22

Words with friends

24

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