idealisation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
noun something that exists only as an idea
noun a portrayal of something as ideal

All idealisation makes life poorer. — The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale, Joseph Conrad
Love, in his case, had meant the idealisation of the whole of life--the life of action and the life within the soul. — Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, John Oliver Hobbes
Instead of seeking to give rhythmical expression to an idealisation, to find in the beauties of Nature an analogy to the realities of Life, he reverses the process. — The North-West Amazons: Notes of some months spent among cannibal tribes, Thomas Whiffen

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