idealization

• 指将某人或某物视为完美或优于其实际状况的行为或过程；在心理学中常指一种防御机制，即把爱恨交织的对象分裂为全好与全坏的形象，也可指仅存在于观念中的事物。

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.

   理想化

   • 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.

   同义词glorificationromanticizationsentimentalization

   反义词denigrationdisparagementvilification

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.

   心理防御机制

   • 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.

   同义词adorationglorificationidolizationovervaluationworship

   反义词demonizationdenigrationdevaluation

3. Conceptual existenceC1formal

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

   概念性存在

   • 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.

   同义词abstractionconstruct