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idealizing

Variant of idealize

idealize definition

ideal·ize (ī dē′əl īz′)

transitive verb idealized -·ized′, idealizing -·iz′·ing

to make ideal; think of or represent as ideal; regard or show as perfect or more nearly perfect than is true

intransitive verb

  1. to form an ideal or ideals
  2. to represent things in the manner of an idealist

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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