idealization
Example Sentences
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Their cultish idealization of him is an addictive drug.
From Salon • Mar. 26, 2024
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
And the production, with set and lighting design by the French wizard Willy Cessa, is less about sensory overload than theatrical idealization.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
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
And he must now be careful not to give the lie to the idealization of himself created partly by him and partly by the activity of logic.
From Gargoyles by Hecht, Ben
