The action of regarding or representing something as perfect or better than in reality.
her idealization of childhood as a time of innocence
count noun a romantic idealization of rural life
Example sentencesExamples
- Both lead to an idealization of social processes.
- We must break past idealizations of community and embrace what is before us.
- Romantic idealisation is certainly not what we should offer here; but clear-sighted respect.
- Central to its ideology was a nostalgic idealization of pre-industrial society.
- He lost many of his magical attributes and the degree of idealisation diminished.
- The idealisation of motherhood puts serious physical and emotional pressures on women.
- Idealizations of village and town life from bygone days are common in the speeches of politicians.
- Each of these individuals incarnated certain character traits which made them suitable for mass idealisation and adoration.
- The image of battle as a formally arranged duel is an extreme idealization.
- It is she who sees in the paintings an idealization of life that does not accord with her own experience.