or chiefly Brit  ide*al*ise  vt, -ized  or chiefly Brit  -ised  -iz*ing  or chiefly Brit  -is*ing  :  to give ideal form or value to  :  attribute ideal characteristics of excellences to <the child … does not identify with the parents as they are, but with the idealizedparents -G. S. Blum>  ide*al*iza*tion or chiefly Brit  ide*al*isa*tion  n 
 
 
 
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