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    idealized
    /ʌɪˈdɪəlʌɪzd/

    adjective

    • 1. regarded or represented as perfect or better than in reality: "Helen's idealized accounts of their life together"

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  2. Idealized means involving thinking of or representing someone or something as better than that person or thing really is. See how to use this word in sentences and learn its pronunciation and translations.

  3. Idealize is a verb that means to attribute ideal characteristics to or to give an ideal form or value to something. See synonyms, examples, word history and related entries for idealize.

  4. Idealize means to think of or represent someone or something as perfect or better than they really are. Learn more about the meaning, usage and synonyms of idealize with Cambridge Dictionary.

  5. to think of or represent someone or something as better than that person or thing really is: Why do people idealize their school days? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Praising insincerely or too eagerly. backhanded compliment. bootlicker. bow and scrape idiom. crawler. creep. flummery. glad-handing. grovelingly. obsequiously.

  6. verb (used with object) , i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing. to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.

  7. To idealize something or someone is to think of them as perfect or much better than they really are. See synonyms, pronunciation, examples and translations of idealize in British and American English.

  8. Definition of 'idealized' Word Frequency. idealized in British English. or idealised (aɪˈdɪəlaɪzd ) adjective. portrayed or represented as being ideal. an idealised image of how a parent should be. I accept that I probably have an idealised vision of Norway. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.