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idealisation

noun

A portrayal of something as ideal

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Word length
12
Starts with
I
Ends with
N
Contains
DE
Scrabble score
13

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noun

  1. A portrayal of something as ideal

    “The idealization of rural life was very misleading”

noun

  1. Something that exists only as an idea

noun

  1. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

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The idealization of rural life was very misleading

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