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dealing

[dee-ling] / ˈdi lɪŋ /








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"Young people, faced with unemployment and a lack of prospects, are idealising the past and glamorising the Mobutu era," said Congolese political scientist Christian Moleka.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Creating – often idealising – a family tree is not uncommon.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2020

Millennials are certainly prone to idealising their parents’ generation: listening to their vinyl and whacking retro filters on their iPhone photographs.

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2017

And they should keep on rebelling against that — not by wishing to remain a child or idealising childhood, but by changing our picture of adulthood.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2015

We should beware of demonising or idealising it on the basis of a superficial acquaintance.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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