idealization
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Clare, too, receives frequent rhapsodic praise, but even accounting for the narrator’s grief-induced idealization, their relationship strikes me as too perfect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Their cultish idealization of him is an addictive drug.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
This is a young man’s idealization of a dying old man glorifying his final breaths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
The film’s idealization of a pared-down life might feel dated, but its do-something message is one that never goes out of style.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
Corollary 2.—Since ideas derive their elements from experience, the idea of perfect Good, or God, can only be an idealization of humanity.
From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by C. M. Williams
