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idealize

[ahy-dee-uh-lahyz] / aɪˈdi əˌlaɪz /
VERB
romanticize
Synonyms


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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

“I think that a lot of people almost idealize our jobs,” said Kim Yutani, director of programming for the Sundance Film Festival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

“It’s far too easy to idealize one party and villainize another. It’s not the case that every off-road vehicle user is a bad guy, and not every environmentalist is automatically virtuous.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2022

Haynes respects the art too much to idealize the artists, or to impose retrospective harmony on their dissonances.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Many, including Enrique, begin to idealize their mothers.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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