idealization

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

However, linguists often point out that the concept of a standard accent is better understood as an idealization rather than a reality.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 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

“There was an idealization and simplification of the problem that started in the economics literature,” Dr. Kopp said.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

It is one of the best things that can come to any one—such idealization as you have met with at the hands of our class.

From Peggy Parsons a Hampton Freshman by Sharp, Annabel