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Definitions of idealize
  1. verb
    form ideals
    "Man has always idealized"

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  2. verb
    consider or render as ideal
    "She idealized her husband after his death"

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Definition that contains idealize
  • romance a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life
  • dante an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)
  • glorify elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  • realist a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style
  • rockwell United States illustrator whose works present a sentimental idealized view of everyday life (1894-1978)
  • pastoral (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  • bucolic (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
  • imago (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood
  • spiritualize elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration
  • arcadian (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic
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