idealize

(ī-dē'ə-līz')

v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

v.tr.

1. To regard as ideal.
2. To make or envision as ideal.

v.intr.

1. To render something as an ideal.
2. To conceive ideals or an ideal.

idealization i·de'al·i·za'tion (-ə-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
idealizer i·de'al·iz'er n.

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• Approval, Respect, and Recognition - idealize: (vb) hold in excessively high regard, esp. as model for imitation

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See words rhyming with "idealizer."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - idealisere
v. intr. - danne sig idealer

Nederlands (Dutch)
idealiseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - idéaliser
v. intr. - idéaliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - idealisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εξιδανικεύω

Italiano (Italian)
idealizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - idealizar

Русский (Russian)
идеализировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - idealizar
v. intr. - trabajar de modo idealista

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - idealisera, försköna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使理想化, 形成理想, 理想化, 理想化地描述

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使理想化
v. intr. - 形成理想, 理想化, 理想化地描述

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 이상화 하다
v. intr. - ~의 이상을 그리다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 理想化する, 理想を描く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعل مثاليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הציג דבר כאידיאלי, ראה ככליל-השלמות‬
v. intr. - ‮התעלה במחשבתו לשלמות או למצוינות‬

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