IDEALISATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A portrayal of something as ideal

Example:

the idealization of rural life was very misleading

Synonyms:

glorification; idealisation; idealization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("idealisation" is a kind of...):

admiration; appreciation (a favorable judgment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "idealisation"):

Meaning:

Something that exists only as an idea

Synonyms:

idealisation; idealization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("idealisation" is a kind of...):

idea; thought (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about)

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

idealisation; idealization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("idealisation" is a kind of...):

defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Domain category:

psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

Derivation:

idealise (consider or render as ideal)