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idealize

DEFINITIONS OF: idealize

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v consider or render as ideal

“She idealized her husband after his death”
Synonyms:
idealise
Types:
glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize
interpret romantically
deify
consider as a god or godlike
apotheose, apotheosise, apotheosize
deify or glorify
Type of:
consider, reckon, regard, see, view
deem to be

v form ideals

“Man has always idealized
Synonyms:
idealise
Type of:
concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
devise or invent
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