Idealization

n.	1.	The act or process of idealizing.
	2.	(Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
	3.	A defense mechanism that splits something one is ambivalent about into two representations - one good and one bad.
	4.	something that exists only as an idea.
	5.	a protrayal of something as ideal.

Noun	1.	idealization - a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" Synonyms: glorification, idealisation
	2.	idealization - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad Synonyms: idealisation
	3.	idealization - something that exists only as an idea Synonyms: idealisation

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