idealize
pronunciation
How to pronounce idealize in British English:
UK [aɪˈdi:əlaɪz]
How to pronounce idealize in American English:
US [aɪˈdiəˌlaɪz]
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- Verb:
- consider or render as ideal
- form ideals
Word Origin
- idealize (v.)
- 1786, probably formed from ideal (adj.) + -ize. Related: Idealized; idealizing.
Example
- 1. The libra is inclined to idealize everything and can lose all illusions .
- 2. Many men idolize or idealize women -- not just one woman , but all women .
- 3. We are entranced because we both idealize and fear that kind of responsibility for the future .
- 4. And daughters often idealize their fathers , still seeing them as all-powerful , strong and strapping 35-year-old men .
- 5. For the past several years , however , it has been very easy to idealize it even more .