idealize
Origin of idealize
1- Also especially British, i·de·al·ise .
Other words from idealize
- i·de·al·iz·er, noun
- o·ver·i·de·al·ize, verb, o·ver·i·de·al·ized, o·ver·i·de·al·iz·ing.
- un·i·de·al·ized, adjective
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How to use idealize in a sentence
Mathematically, fundamental particles are idealized as point particles, which is to say that, as far as we can tell, they have no meaningfully discernible spatial extent, or substructure, at all.
A Breakthrough in Measuring the Building Blocks of Nature - Facts So Romantic | Subodh Patil | January 8, 2021 | NautilusAmericans often idealize scientists as unbiased, objective observers.
Few people knew female birds had unique songs—until women started studying them | By Omland, Rose & Odom/The Conversation | September 28, 2020 | Popular-ScienceI’m always wary of idealizing certain periods in the past, and I think there were a lot of problems in that time.
Writer Anand Giridharadas on tech’s billionaires: “Are they even on the same team as us?” | Connie Loizos | September 25, 2020 | TechCrunchUnlike any other show, no relationship is idealized above any other.
What On Earth Is ‘The Affair’ About? Season One’s Baffling Finale | Tim Teeman | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there is always a preceding generation, or an idealized time in our personal histories.
The photograph shook up the idea of a model American family during a time when the picture-perfect family was idealized.
And yet if the selfie is the most idealized image of the self, then Cubitt has worked to break through that frozen representation.
'Hysterical Literature': Women Who Read Until Orgasm | Rich Goldstein | March 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe transformative process “should not be trivialized or idealized,” Miller said.
Diplomats from Around the World Join Forces to Train Young Israeli, Palestinian Leaders | Lauren Gelfond Feldinger | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA friendship had arisen between them, which the years had idealized rather than impaired.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeHe idealized human beauty, and imitated Nature to the minutest details.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John LordYou'll say I idealized her; possibly I did, but there she is.
Wayside Courtships | Hamlin GarlandBut now the smithy was not merely idealized, it was transformed.
In all his poems, he has idealized fidelity and constancy in love.
My Recollections of Lord Byron | Teresa Guiccioli
British Dictionary definitions for idealize
idealise
/ (aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz) /
to consider or represent (something) as ideal
(tr) to portray as ideal; glorify
(intr) to form an ideal or ideals
Derived forms of idealize
- idealizer or idealiser, noun
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