a conception of something that dwells on its advantages and ignores its deficiencies
3.
a general theoretical account of natural phenomena that ignores features that are difficult to accommodate within a theory
idealization in American English
(aiˌdiələˈzeiʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of idealizing something
2. Psychoanalysis
a mental mechanism, operating consciously or unconsciously, in which one person overestimates an admired attribute of another
Word origin
[1790–1800; idealize + -ation]This word is first recorded in the period 1790–1800. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backhanded, cannibalism, idealism, peanut, silhouette-ation is used to form nouns from stems ending in -ate (separation) and, on this model, to form nouns from stems of other origin (starvation). Other words that use the affix -ation include: capitalization, neutralization, pagination, polarization, sensitization
Examples of 'idealization' in a sentence
idealization
Idealization could often function as criticism, implying a gulf between image and reality.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
America, too, for all its denigrators, keeps recurring as an object of idealization.
The Times Literary Supplement (2017)
Another is an idealization of the recusant gentry and their houses.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
However, he underplays his subject's romantic idealization of the primitive, associated with a sort of nature-worship.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Were the nineteenth century's idealization of family life and the growth of gentlemen's clubs in some way linked?
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Synonyms of 'idealization'
glorification, worship, exaltation, magnification
More Synonyms of idealization
(noun)
her idealization of her mother
Synonyms
glorification
worship
The temple had been a centre of worship of the goddess Hathor.
exaltation
The poem is an exaltation of love.
magnification
ennoblement
Additional synonyms
in the sense of exaltation
The poem is an exaltation of love.
Synonyms
praise,
tribute,
worship,
acclaim,
applause,
glory,
blessing,
homage,
reverence,
magnification,
apotheosis,
glorification,
acclamation,
panegyric,
idolization,
extolment,
lionization,
laudation
in the sense of worship
Definition
intense love or devotion to a person
The temple had been a centre of worship of the goddess Hathor.