idealization

Example Sentences

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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

I prefer to describe militias as part of a broader network of “nostalgic groups” rather than “right-wing” because I believe what is more important for understanding their collective motivations is their idealization of the past.

From Scientific American

Harder to account for is the progressive left’s idealization of the USPS, which began well before the uproar over new Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s cost-cutting and its alleged impact on election mail.

From Washington Post

“I think it evokes from the audience an idealization not only of how they will face death but how they will face grief,” Mr. Crutchfield said.

From New York Times

Then in the 1960s, as more and more women began to work outside the home and the idealization of housework fell out of favor, so did the at-home apron.

From Salon