idealization

Examples

• All

• Lots of people confuse the excitement of hoovering and idealization with love.

  DoctorRamani

• His constant idealization of historical figures made it difficult for him to accept their flaws and mistakes.

• So I feel like mom has this kind of idealization of him that he just thinks is normal.

• It's not just that love bombing is a phase of idealization and seduction.

• Rapid mood swings from idealization to devaluation, anger, and then it's hate.

• Weldon's female characters are often aware of the idealization and devaluation that result in their commodification.

  Fiction book (1993)

• This indicates both that the staff was familiar with the quality of the relationships and that the alumni's retrospective evaluations were realistic and not idealizations of their in-care experiences.

  Academic text (2006)

• Johnson also warns against uncritically appropriating the patriarchal idealization of motherhood as normative, which relegates women to the private sphere of society.

  Academic text (2006)

• In therapy, she learned that her idealization of her partner often led to disappointment when reality did not match her expectations.

• The idealization of childhood experiences can sometimes prevent adults from seeing them clearly and understanding their complexities.

Synonyms

P

primitive idealization

vsidealization

• Specialized

9.9

Seeing someone as completely perfect and without faults to protect yourself emotionally

splits ambivalent views into wholly good and wholly bad representations

Antonyms

R

realism

38 4.5

A way of thinking that accepts facts and prefers practical plans

Compounds

P

primitive idealization

• Specialized

9.9

Seeing someone as completely perfect and without faults to protect yourself emotionally

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology