idealize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- idealise (non-Oxford British English)
Etymology[edit]
From ideal + -ize.[1] Compare French idéaliser.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)
- (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
- (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
- (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
transitive: to regard something as ideal
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intransitive: to conceive or form an ideal
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References[edit]
- ^ “idealize, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading[edit]
- “idealize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “idealize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
idealize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of idealizar:
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
idealize
- inflection of idealizar:
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