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idealize
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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.

idealize, idealise [aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz]
vb
1. to consider or represent (something) as ideal
2. (tr) to portray as ideal; glorify
3. (intr) to form an ideal or ideals
idealizer , idealiser n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.idealize - consider or render as ideal; "She idealized her husband after his death"
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"
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"

idealize
verb romanticize, glorify, exalt, worship, magnify, ennoble, deify, put on a pedestal, apotheosize People often idealize the past.
Translations
idealize [aɪˈdɪəlaɪz] VTidealizar
idealize [aɪˈdɪəlaɪz] idealise (British) vtidéaliser
People idealize the past → Les gens idéalisent le passé.
idealize
idealize [aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz] vtidealizzare
idealize [aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz] vtidealizzare


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Fauset's dramatization of the "mulatta" protagonist's desire to pass as white, however, exposes the white world as materially and morally corrupted, and idealizes Harlem as morally and culturally solid.
Bird is a runaway from Cleveland who has followed after the stepfather who abandoned her family, hoping to reunite with him and reunite the family she idealizes.
The discourse of friendship as counsel, however, acknowledges the disparities between friends and idealizes the role of free speech in producing "agentive subjects and respondent kings" (22).
 
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