idealization - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for idealization , a list of similar words for idealization from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a portrayal of something as ideal

Synonyms

• glorification
• idealisation
• idealization

More generic

• admiration
• appreciation

More specific

• romanticisation
• romanticization
• sentimentalisation
• sentimentalization

Noun

something that exists only as an idea

Synonyms

• idealisation
• idealization

More generic

• idea
• thought

Noun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

Synonyms

• idealisation
• idealization

More generic

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

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