Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun idealization

3 senses of idealization

Sense 1
idealization, idealisation, glorification -- (a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading")
       => admiration, appreciation -- (a favorable judgment; "a small token in admiration of your works")

Sense 2
idealization, idealisation -- ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad)
       => defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence -- ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

Sense 3
idealization, idealisation -- (something that exists only as an idea)
       => idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind")