definition of
idealization

[1] #1 idealization n. [idealisation, glorification] a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading". wn

[2] #2 idealization n. [idealisation] (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad. wn

[3] #3 idealization n. [idealisation] something that exists only as an idea. wn