idealization

Example Sentences

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The film’s idealization of a pared-down life might feel dated, but its do-something message is one that never goes out of style.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

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

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

Rubens, raising the temperature of the scene, amplifies the idealization by transforming the almost stately frieze into a blockbuster drama of good supplanting evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

And so the idealization of Jesus went on steadily and consistently till it reached deification.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.