Synonyms and Antonyms of idealize

synonym (synonym of idealize)

(verb.cognition)
idealise
consider or render as ideal (verb.cognition)

hypernym (idealize IS A KIND OF .... relation)

consider or render as ideal (verb.cognition)

consider, reckon, regard, see, view
deem to be (verb.cognition)
form ideals (verb.cognition)

concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
devise or invent (verb.creation)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF idealize relation)

consider or render as ideal (verb.cognition)

glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize
interpret romantically (verb.cognition)
(verb.cognition)
deify
consider as a god or godlike (verb.cognition)

derivation (.... is derived from idealize)

(noun.act)
glorification, idealisation, idealization
a portrayal of something as ideal (noun.act)
(noun.process)
idealisation, idealization
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad (noun.process)
form ideals (verb.cognition)

ideal
the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain (noun.cognition)

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. idealise . consider, reckon, regard, see, view . concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up . glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize . deify . glorification, idealisation, idealization . idealisation, idealization . ideal

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