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idealize

UK
/aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/
US
/aɪˈdiːəlaɪz/

Translations

idealizeverb
idealized
Past Simple
idealized
Past Participle
idealizing
Gerund
UK
/aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/
US
/aɪˈdiːəlaɪz/
She tends to idealize her past relationships.
Она склонна идеализировать свои прошлые отношения.
Synonyms
romanticize
exalt
glorify
elevate
magnify
fantasize
envision
dream

Definitions

idealizeverb
To regard or represent something as perfect or better than in reality.
She tends to idealize her childhood, forgetting the difficult times.
To form or create an idealized version of something in one's mind.
The artist idealized the landscape, removing any imperfections in his painting.
To simplify or approximate (a system, phenomenon, etc.) by assuming ideal or perfect conditions for the sake of analysis or calculation.
Engineers often idealize a beam as perfectly rigid to make the calculations tractable.
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