idealization

• Существительное, обозначающее действие или процесс представления чего-либо как совершенного или лучшего, чем оно есть на самом деле; часто используется в психологии для описания защитного механизма, включающего расщепление амбивалентного объекта на хорошие и плохие представления, или для обозначения того, что существует только как идея.

A noun referring to the act or process of regarding or representing something as perfect or better than it actually is, often used in psychology to describe a defense mechanism involving splitting an ambivalent object into good and bad representations, or to denote something that exists only as an idea.

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1. Portrayal as perfectB2formal

   The act of representing something as perfect or better than it actually is.

   Изображение как совершенного

   • The film is an idealization of life in the 1950s.
   • His speech was an idealization of the company's history.
   • The painting is an idealization of rural beauty.

   Синонимыglorificationromanticizationsentimentalization

   Антонимыdenigrationdisparagementvilification

2. Psychological defense mechanismC1formalmedical

   A mental process where a person splits an ambivalent feeling or object into two separate representations, one purely good and one purely bad.

   Психологический защитный механизм

   • In therapy, she recognized her idealization of her father as a defense mechanism.
   • Idealization can prevent a person from seeing others realistically.
   • The patient's idealization of his childhood was a way to cope with present disappointments.

   Синонимыadorationglorificationidolizationovervaluationworship

   Антонимыdemonizationdenigrationdevaluation

3. Conceptual existenceC1formal

   Something that exists only as an idea or concept, not in reality.

   Концептуальное существование

   • The perfect society is an idealization that can never be achieved.
   • His theory is an idealization of economic behavior.
   • The model is an idealization that ignores real-world complexities.

   Синонимыabstractionconstruct