idealization
noun
12 letters6 syllables22 points in Scrabble®24 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS3
NOUN
1
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad.
2
Something that exists only as an idea.
3
A portrayal of something as ideal.
“the idealization of rural life was very misleading”
WORD FORMS
Related formidealize
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®22 points
Words With Friends®24 points
Double word44 points
Triple word66 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinidealizationway
Starts & ends withI … N
Syllablesi · de · al · i · za · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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