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idealizes

  • present tense form
    of idealize (3rd person singular).
    idealize
    verb (used with object)
    to make ideal; represent in an ideal form or character; exalt to an ideal perfection or excellence.

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Either he doesn’t write about it or he idealizes it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Called "splitting," Behr defined this as "the person devalues and idealizes you or others."

From Salon ● Jan. 26, 2023

It’s an amusing curiosity as well as a commentary on a nation that idealizes both the open road and an angry duck with a speech impediment.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2021

We live in a culture that idealizes the idea of love, and the idea that there is one true person who will complete you, fulfill all your dreams and love you forever.

From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018

Just as he idealizes Caroline, he paints the Loyers as the perfect mother and daughter.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman