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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Idealization \I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of idealizing. 2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: idealization n 1: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: {idealisation}, {glorification}] 2: a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: {idealisation}] 3: something that exists only as an idea [syn: {idealisation}]
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