Idealization

[ahy-dee-uh-luh-zey-shuh n] /aɪˌdi ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən/

noun
1.
the act or process of something.
2.
Psychoanalysis. a mental mechanism, operating consciously or unconsciously, in which one person overestimates an admired attribute of another.
/aɪˌdɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
noun
1.
the representation of something as ideal
2.
a conception of something that dwells on its advantages and ignores its deficiencies
3.
a general theoretical account of natural phenomena that ignores features that are difficult to accommodate within a theory
n.

1796; see idealize + -ation.

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