Noun Definition
idealization
1.Definition: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Related Noun(s):idealisation
Category: General2.Definition: a portrayal of something as ideal
"The idealization of rural life was very misleading"
Related Noun(s):glorification, idealisation
Category: General3.Definition: something that exists only as an idea
Related Noun(s):idealisation
Category: General