01 n. The act or process of idealizing.
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The act or process of idealizing.
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2.
The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.(Fine Arts)
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A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations -- one good and one bad.
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4.
something that exists only as an idea.
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a protrayal of something as ideal.
Syn.
glorification.