idealization

Example Sentences

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Waldstreicher, who teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is known for deeply researched, tightly written studies, which aim to complicate any comforting idealization of the founding.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 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

That shared soil—this idealization of an imaginary past with greater freedom—creates a way for members and even some entire units to move across this spectrum.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2022

She notes that isolation is in our national DNA, going back to the idealization of lonesome cowboys in old Western movies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2021

Its idealization of character, its revelation of beauty and power even in distress and downfall, may bring a reassurance that turns pity to exhilaration.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.