idealize
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Historian Quinn Slobodian joins Felix Salmon to discuss the tech billionaires who idealize a world without democracy.
From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025
It’s easy to idealize the ’60s, but I wonder how it compares to today, in terms of your ability to get things done as an activist?
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2023
“I am going to speak out against those who praise fascist murderers and idealize extremists. I am going to speak out against Holocaust deniers. I’m going to call those out who won’t do it.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023
Letting go of a lost cause has two difficult and complicated steps, oversimplified as follows: Fill up your life meaningfully without this person, and resist the temptation to idealize what isn’t there.
From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2022
At first Fernanda did not talk about her family, but in time she began to idealize her father.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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