Found 2 items, similar to idealization.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: idealization idealization n 1: a portrayal of something as ideal; “the idealization of rural life was very misleading” [syn: idealisation, glorification] 2: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: idealisation] 3: something that exists only as an idea [syn: idealisation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Idealization Idealization \I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of idealizing. [1913 Webster] 2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal. [1913 Webster] 3. A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations -- one good and one bad. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.5] 4. something that exists only as an idea. [WordNet sense 2] [WordNet 1.5] 5. a protrayal of something as ideal. [WordNet sense 3] Syn: glorification. [WordNet 1.5]