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idealizes

idealizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of idealize.

Meaning of idealize

Verb

idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)

  1. (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
  2. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
    • People tell me that I wouldn't be so anxious for a lover if I knew the kinds of problems which such a relationship brings, to which I reply that, yes, perhaps I am idealizing somewhat, but basically I know that people aren't plastic, and that where there are human beings there are problems, and...1975 December 20, Alan Belkin, “On Relationships”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 5
  3. (transitive) To portray using idealization.

Questions about idealizes

What is idealizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Idealizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of idealize.

Words near idealizes in the dictionary

  1. idealizations
  2. idealize
  3. idealized
  4. idealizer
  5. idealizers
  6. idealizes
  7. idealizing
  8. idealless
  9. ideallessness
  10. ideally
  11. idealness

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