idealize

/aɪdˈiəlaɪz/

/aɪˈdiˌɫaɪz/

[verb]

to idealize

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

consider or render as ideal

form ideals

synonyms : idealise

Examples

1. She had always idealized the romantic notion of a long-distance relationship, but the reality of their separation proved that absence is the mother of disillusion.

2. He idealized that time of piety, the unity between the czar and his people, the narod.

3. Number five, you idealize your partner.

4. As a child, I idealized these phrases.