to idealize
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5.8
- verb
- /aɪˈdiːəlaɪz/
:
idealizar
- In movies, it's common to idealize the lives of celebrities, making them seem flawless.
- tend to idealize
- idealized human desire
- idealized image
And it is so easy to idealize a life you're never going to live.
- And it is so easy to idealize a life you're never going to live.
- And I would binge it and I, I idealized you like I wanted to look like you.
- And a God who we can idealize is like, whatever is best.
- That when I hypothesized that these cases were identical, I was idealizing in an illegitimate way.
- And you can see that they do it by idealizing the properties of a point and so on.
- I also idealize and often get hurt because of that.
- It's all roads lead to authoritarian and also favoring and idealizing Nazi Germany.
- And many people would say, well, that's just a concept that you've put together in your mind, sort of idealizing away from the real circles that you've seen.
- So they tend not to trust, they tend to withdraw very quickly, they tend to react, they tend to idealize.
- It almost feels familiar to be rejected, and it can feel exciting when you are hoovered back in and idealized for a minute.
- You know, I think maybe I idealize meeting someone that someone I know knows, right, Because I've dated a lot of strangers on an app.
- Idealizing, idealizing, devaluing, discarding, hoovering, all of that.
- We tend to idealise the world that we and smooth the world around.
Examples
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And it is so easy to idealize a life you're never going to live.
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Although Kay was not an innocent girl, he idealized and saw her that way.
Academic text (1996) -
I also idealize and often get hurt because of that.
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We got to try to not falsify or idealize history in the process.
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The above account is not meant to idealize medieval pilgrimage.
Academic text (2008) -
I don't believe she needs to be idealized in death beyond what she was in life.
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Relationships during this phase of life are idealized and tinged with fantasy.
Academic text (1994) -
This whole time, Stan, I've been idealizing my grandparents' marriage, and let me tell you, this was not the love of the ages.
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Group histories have been idealized, myths have been invented, and identities "constructed" for social and political purposes.
Academic text (1998) -
Many people tend to idealize their childhood memories, forgetting the challenges they faced.
Synonyms
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5.2
To make a person or thing seem better and more important than they really are
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4.9
Admire someone very much, often ignoring their faults
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6.7
Make something seem more attractive and ideal than it really is
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5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
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8.4
To treat someone like a god and admire them too much
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7.7
To say something was a legend or better than it really was by ignoring faults
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6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
To make someone seem like a god or without faults
To admire someone too much and ignore their faults
To make someone seem very brave and admired
To make someone seem like a hero by praising them too much
To make someone or something seem larger and more special than they really were
Antonyms
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Etymology
Idealize comes from the Greek word idea, which meant 'form' or 'idea', and the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So to idealize someone or something is to 'make' them into an idea — to see them as perfect or better than they really are.