idealise

Other forms: idealised; idealising; idealises

Definitions of idealise
  1. verb
    consider or render as ideal
    synonyms: idealize
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    types:
    glamorize, glamourise, romanticise, romanticize
    interpret romantically
    deify
    consider as a god or godlike
    apotheose, apotheosise, apotheosize
    deify or glorify
    type of:
    consider, reckon, regard, see, view
    deem to be
  2. verb
    form ideals
    synonyms: idealize
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    type of:
    concoct, dream up, hatch, think of, think up
    devise or invent
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