nnoun.process(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one badTopic:psychiatrypsychological medicinepsychopathology
Synset:idealization
Derivationally Related Form:idealise
Hypernyms:defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense defense mechanism defense reaction
Inherited Hypernyms:idealizationdefense mechanismprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:idealizationdefense mechanismpsychoanalytic processhuman processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.cognitionsomething that exists only as an ideaSynset:idealization
Hypernyms:idea thought
Inherited Hypernyms:idealizationideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.acta portrayal of something as idealSynset:glorification idealization
Examples:- the idealization of rural life was very misleading
Derivationally Related Form:idealizeglorify
Hypernyms:admiration appreciation
Inherited Hypernyms:idealizationadmirationblessingsupportaidactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:romanticisationromanticizationsentimentalisationsentimentalization
Full Hyponyms:sentimentalization