idealize
verb (used with object)
idealise
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a variation of
idealize.
Example Sentences
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She also valued the "digitalisation" led by ex-minister Fedorov, describing him as a "good manager", but also warning not to "idealise" the young official.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sitting on the steps to their tiny home, Amie said she doesn't want to idealise this way of life, admitting it can be challenging, they just want to write their own narrative.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2022
For his many supporters, his fiction had merciless comic clarity and his travel writing a terrifying honesty - refusing to glamorise or idealise the developing world.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2018
Probably the fact that I don’t know them means I idealise them much more than I can with male characters.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 15, 2016
It would be a mistake, however, to idealise the lives of these ancients.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
