idealization
Example Sentences
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Their cultish idealization of him is an addictive drug.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
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
That shared soil—this idealization of an imaginary past with greater freedom—creates a way for members and even some entire units to move across this spectrum.
From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2022
Rubens, raising the temperature of the scene, amplifies the idealization by transforming the almost stately frieze into a blockbuster drama of good supplanting evil.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021
And while her soul was thus expanding under the influence of this poetic idealization of a manly figure revealed to her only for two or three hours, all unconsciously she patterned her movements upon his.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
