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What does idealization mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or process of idealizing.
  2. The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.
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Similarly, the somber and threnodic second movement proves to be an elegy for the idealization of a war hero.
Throughout his later life he became obsessed with the romantic idealization of the Druids and the religion of the ancient British.
Chasseguet-Smirgel discusses the idealization of pregenital sexuality as a hallmark of the perversions.
Yet, in its disavowal of pure estheticism and visual idealization, Lee's work seems more American than Korean.
Armor reflected the Renaissance idealization of the antique, with decorative motifs taken from classical mythology and ancient history.
But there is another more complex way as well, one that does not depend on an idealization or romanticization of war.

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