idealization

Example Sentences

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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

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

But no matter: idealization is a privilege, and all the more so compared to invisibility.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021

And the production, with set and lighting design by the French wizard Willy Cessa, is less about sensory overload than theatrical idealization.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021

Its family spirit and idealization of common objects and joys make it a classic which reaches the hearts of boys and girls.

From Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School by McMurry, Charles A. (Charles Alexander)