idealize

i·de·al·ize  (-d-lz)

v. i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing, i·de·al·iz·es

v.tr.

1. To regard as ideal.

2. To make or envision as ideal.

v.intr.

1. To render something as an ideal.

2. To conceive ideals or an ideal.

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i·deal·i·zation (--l-zshn) n.

i·deal·izer n.

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idealize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised to consider or represent (something) as ideal or more nearly perfect than is true

idealization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	idealize - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death" idealise consider, regard, view, reckon, see - deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize - interpret romantically; "Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!" deify - consider as a god or godlike; "These young men deify financial success"
	2.	idealize - form ideals; "Man has always idealized" idealise dream up, think up, hatch, concoct, think of - devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly"; "no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"

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idealize

verb romanticize, glorify, exalt, worship, magnify, ennoble, deify, put on a pedestal, apotheosize