Idealization
WordNet
noun
(1) A portrayal of something as ideal
"The idealization of rural life was very misleading"
(2) Something that exists only as an idea
(3) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The act or process of idealizing.
- The representation of natural objects, scenes, etc., in such a way as to show their most important characteristics; the study of the ideal.