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adjective
- 1. regarded or represented as perfect or better than in reality: "Helen's idealized accounts of their life together"
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Idealize is a verb that means to attribute ideal characteristics to or to give an ideal form or value to something. See synonyms, examples, word history and related entries for idealize.
Idealized means involving thinking of or representing someone or something as better than that person or thing really is. See how to use this word in sentences and learn its pronunciation and translations.
Idealize means to think of or represent someone or something as perfect or better than they really are. Learn more about the meaning, usage and synonyms of idealize with Cambridge Dictionary.
to think of or represent someone or something as better than that person or thing really is: Why do people idealize their school days? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Praising insincerely or too eagerly. backhanded compliment. bootlicker. bow and scrape idiom. crawler. creep. flummery. glad-handing. grovelingly. obsequiously.
verb (used with object) , i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing. to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.
1 day ago · Definitions of idealized. adjective. exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence. synonyms: idealised. perfect. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Idealized." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/idealized. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024. Copy citation.
Define idealized. idealized synonyms, idealized pronunciation, idealized translation, English dictionary definition of idealized. v. i·de·al·ized , i·de·al·iz·ing , i·de·al·iz·es v. tr. To regard or represent as ideal: students who idealize their professors; a book that idealizes...
