idealization

Words with a similar base: idealization

'idealization'

[idealization.n.01] as in: a portrayal of something as ideal

Examples:
the idealization of rural life was very misleading

'idealization'

[idealization.n.02] as in: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

'idealization'

[idealization.n.03] as in: something that exists only as an idea

Origins

					idealization (English)
├── -ation (English)
└── idealize (English)
    ├── -ize (English)
    │   └── -isen (Middle English (1100-1500))
    │       └── -iser (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    │           └── -izare (Latin)
    │               └── -ιζειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    └── ideal (English)
        └── idéal (French)
            └── idealis (Latin)
                └── idea (Latin)
                    └── ἰδέα (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                        └── εἴδω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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