idealize

/ai'diəlaiz/ Cách viết khác : (idealise) /ai'diəlaiz/

Thân thiện

She tends to idealize her childhood summers at the lake.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To consider or represent as perfect or better than in reality: To regard or portray someone or something as conforming to an ideal standard, often ignoring flaws or imperfections.
   • To form ideals or an idealized conception: To conceive of something in an ideal form.

Usage

• The verb "idealize" is used to describe the act of viewing a person, place, situation, or concept through an overly positive lens, often omitting negative aspects. It is common in both psychological and artistic contexts.

Examples

• Verb:
  • It is easy to idealize the past and forget the difficulties people faced.
  • The biography does not idealize the leader; it presents a balanced view of his strengths and weaknesses.
  • She tends to idealize her favorite authors, believing they can do no wrong.

Advanced Usage

• "to idealize about": To think or dream about something in an idealized, often unrealistic, way.
  • He idealizes about a world without conflict.
• Conceptual Use: In philosophy and art, to "idealize" can mean to represent the essential or perfect form of something, as in classical sculpture that idealizes the human body.

Variants and Related Words

• Idealization (noun): The process or result of idealizing.
  • The idealization of rural life is a common theme in poetry.
• Idealized (adjective): Represented as ideal or perfect.
  • The film presents an idealized version of the 1950s.
• Ideal (noun/adjective): A standard of perfection; conforming to such a standard. (This is the root word, not a compound of "idealize").

Synonyms

• Glorify: To represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably.
• Romanticize: To make something seem more appealing or romantic than it really is.
• Idolize: To admire or revere someone excessively.

Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions

(Note: "Idealize" is not commonly used with particles to form standard phrasal verbs. The constructions above, like "idealize about," are prepositional uses.)

Related Idioms

• To put someone on a pedestal: To admire someone so much that you treat them as perfect. This idiom is closely related to the concept of idealizing a person.
  • By constantly praising her, he put her on a pedestal and failed to see her true character.

Học thuật

Verb

1. form ideals
   • Man has always idealized
2. consider or render as ideal
   • She idealized her husband after his death

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