idealization

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

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

Whether it’s because they harmonize adoring idealization with the shapes and textures of real women or because of Modigliani’s almost uncanny ability to evoke actual sensation, I can’t say.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 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

Here, then, we have the most complete idealization and comprehension of things achieved by mankind hitherto.

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by George Santayana