definition of
idealisation

[1] #1 idealisation n. [idealization] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. wn

[2] #2 idealisation n. [idealization] something that exists only as an idea. wn

[3] #3 idealisation n. [idealization, glorification] a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading". wn