idealisation

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A noun referring to the process of representing something as perfect or better than it actually is, often as a mental construct or defense mechanism.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das den Vorgang bezeichnet, etwas als vollkommen oder besser darzustellen, als es tatsächlich ist, oft als gedankliche Konstruktion oder psychischer Abwehrmechanismus.

1. Psychological defense mechanism C1 formal medical

   An unconscious defense mechanism where a person splits an ambivalent object into two separate representations—one idealized and one devalued.

   • The patient's idealisation of his father led to a distorted perception of reality.
   • Idealisation is often observed in personality disorders like BPD.
   • Through idealisation, she viewed her partner as perfect while ignoring flaws.

   🇩🇪Psychischer Abwehrmechanismus

   Antonyme: devaluationvilification

2. Abstract concept C1 formal

   An idea or concept that exists only in the mind, not in physical reality.

   • The philosopher argued that a perfect circle is an idealisation.
   • Her dream of a utopian society is an idealisation without practical basis.
   • Mathematical idealisations help simplify complex physical problems.

   🇩🇪Idealisierung

   Synonyme: abstractionconceptideanotion

3. Portrayal as perfect C1 formal

   The act of representing something as ideal, flawless, or better than it actually is.

   • The advertisement uses idealisation to make the product seem indispensable.
   • The artist's idealisation of rural life glosses over its hardships.
   • Historical figures are often subjected to idealisation in textbooks.

   🇩🇪Idealisierung

   Synonyme: ennoblementglorificationmythologizationromanticizationsentimentalization

   Antonyme: denigrationdisparagementrealism

• idealisations plural form
• idealisations' possessive plural form
• idealisation's possessive singular form