idealization

English

Alternative forms

• idealisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

English idealize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English idealization

From idealize + -ation.

Noun

idealization (countable and uncountable, plural idealizations)

1. The act or process of idealizing.
2. The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Derived terms

• overidealization

Translations

act or process of idealizing

• Asturian: idealización f
• Belarusian: ідэаліза́цыя f (idealizácyja)
• Catalan: idealització f
• Esperanto: idealigo
• French: idéalisation (fr) f
• Galician: idealización (gl) f
• German: Idealisierung (de) f
• Hungarian: idealizálás (hu), eszményítés (hu)
• Italian: idealizzazione (it) f
• Latvian: idealizācija f
• Polish: idealizacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: idealização (pt) f
• Romanian: idealizare (ro) f
• Russian: идеализация (ru) f (idealizacija)
• Spanish: idealización f
• Ukrainian: ідеаліза́ція f (idealizácija)

study of the ideal

• Polish: idealizacja (pl) f