Idealizing
[aɪ'di:ə,laɪzɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idealize
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Examples
- There was in Lily a vein of sentiment, perhaps transmitted from this source, which gave an idealizing touch to her most prosaic purposes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Realization that life is growth protects us from that so-called idealizing of childhood which in effect is nothing but lazy indulgence. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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