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Noun idealization has 3 senses
idealization, idealisation, glorification - a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"--1 is a kind of admiration, appreciation
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idealization, idealisation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad--2 is a kind of defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
 
idealization, idealisation - something that exists only as an idea--3 is a kind of idea, thought
 
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