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idealized

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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.
i·deal·i·zation (--l-zshn) n.
i·deal·izer n.
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Adj.1.idealized - exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence
idealised
perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"
Translations
idealized [aɪˈdɪəlaɪzd] idealised (British) adj [image, person] → idéalisé(e)
idealized
adj person, version, landscape → idealisiert; image, view → idealisierend


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Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest idealized significance it calls up a peculiar apparition to the soul.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
The result was a full page in a Sunday supplement, filled with photographs and idealized drawings of Marian, with many intimate details of Martin Eden and his family, and with the full text of "The Palmist" in large type, and republished by special permission of MACKINTOSH'S MAGAZINE.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
And we seem to see at a distance the promise of such a method, which can hardly be any other than the method of idealized experience, having roots which strike far down into the history of philosophy.
Meno by Plato View in context
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