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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

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 think that a lot of people almost idealize our jobs,” said Kim Yutani, director of programming for the Sundance Film Festival.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2023

“It’s far too easy to idealize one party and villainize another. It’s not the case that every off-road vehicle user is a bad guy, and not every environmentalist is automatically virtuous.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2022

Not much to idealize when you know your aunt is crying herself to sleep next door and nothing can be done.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley




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