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idealize

[ahy-dee-uh-lahyz] / aɪˈdi əˌlaɪz /
VERB
romanticize
Synonyms


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Historian Quinn Slobodian joins Felix Salmon to discuss the tech billionaires who idealize a world without democracy.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2025

I know “quiet” is loaded — a synonym for normalcy, or what we idealize as normal.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Hornby is best known for “High Fidelity,” a peerless portrait of how a certain type of young man uses pop music to both idealize women, and carefully cultivate an emotional distance from them.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

“I am going to speak out against those who praise fascist murderers and idealize extremists. I am going to speak out against Holocaust deniers. I’m going to call those out who won’t do it.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

At first Fernanda did not talk about her family, but in time she began to idealize her father.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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