'idealisation' definitions:
Definition of 'idealisation'
(from WordNet)
noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad [syn: idealization, idealisation]
noun
Something that exists only as an idea [syn: idealization, idealisation]
noun
A portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading" [syn: idealization, idealisation, glorification]
Definition of 'idealisation'
From: GCIDE
- idealisation \idealisation\ n.
- 1. Same as idealization. [WordNet 1.5]