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idealism |
idealist |
idealistic |
ideality |
idealization |
idealize
| idealized
| idealizer
| ideally
| idealogic
| idealogue
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idealize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb idealize has 2 senses
- idealize(v = verb.cognition) idealise - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" is one way to consider, reckon, regard, see, view
- idealize(v = verb.cognition) idealise - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" is one way to concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
Derived forms noun ideal1, noun idealization1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun ideal1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
idealize, v. t.
- To make ideal; to consider as ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life. [1913 Webster]
- To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2. [1913 Webster]
- to form ideals. [WordNet 1.5]
idealize, v. i. [Cf. F. idéaliser.].
To form ideals. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
idealize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 regard or represent (a thing or person) in ideal form or character.
2 exalt in thought to ideal perfection or excellence.
1 regard or represent (a thing or person) in ideal form or character.
2 exalt in thought to ideal perfection or excellence.
Derivative
idealization n. idealizer n.
THESAURUS
idealize
apotheosize, deify, dematerialize, disembody, disincarnate, elevate, ennoble, etherealize, exaggerate, exalt, glorify, immaterialize, overappraise, overassess, overcalculate, overcount, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overprize, overrate, overreact to, overreckon, overstate, overvalue, quixotize, rhapsodize, romance, romanticize, spiritize, spiritualize, unsubstantialize, utopianize, worshipROGET THESAURUS
idealize
Imagination
VB imagine, fancy, conceive, idealize, realize, dream, dream of, dream up, give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name, create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate, improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains, excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie, visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself.
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