idealisation
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
Related & opposite
- idealize derivation
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 2 noun
something that exists only as an idea
Types & categories
- thought hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a portrayal of something as ideal
the idealization of rural life was very misleading
Types & categories
- admiration hypernym
- sentimentalization hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | idealize |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | thought |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | glorify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | idealize |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | admiration |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sentimentalization |