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idealize

verb
/aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/UK/aɪˈdiəˌlaɪz/CA

Etymology

From ideal + -ize. Compare French idéaliser.

  1. derived from idea — “idea”
  2. derived from ideālis — “existing in idea”
  3. derived from idéal
  4. suffixed as idealize — “ideal + ize”

Definitions

  1. To regard something as ideal.

  2. To conceive or form an ideal.

  3. To portray using idealization.

The neighborhood

Derived

idealizable, idealization, idealized, idealizer, overidealize, unidealize

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