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idealization

[ahy-dee-uh-luh-zey-shuhn] / aɪˌdi ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
glorification
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This is part of what makes ’90s-summer idealization so pernicious, says Erika.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Clare, too, receives frequent rhapsodic praise, but even accounting for the narrator’s grief-induced idealization, their relationship strikes me as too perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

This is a young man’s idealization of a dying old man glorifying his final breaths.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2023

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

This vague idealization of Democracy was stimulated by the rare letters from his sister Martha in New York.

From Comrade Yetta by Albert Edwards




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