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
“It didn’t idealise privileged men in positions of power. The minute you don’t depict men as powerful drivers of their own destinies, people find that very difficult.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2020
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
If this still seems like an improbable connection, is that because we've tended to idealise the northern neighbours?
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 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
