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overidealized

overidealized is the simple past and past participle of overidealize.

Meaning of overidealize

Verb

overidealize (third-person singular simple present overidealizes, present participle overidealizing, simple past and past participle overidealized)

  1. (transitive) To idealize to too great an extent.
    • “He’s an American who overidealizes Paris as a sort of idyllic political and cultural mecca,” Mr. Goldberg said by phone.2007 August 5, Kristin Hohenadel, “A French Actress’s Life on Screen. Kind Of.”, in New York Times

Questions about overidealized

What is overidealized the simple past and past participle of?
Overidealized is the simple past and past participle of overidealize.

Words near overidealized in the dictionary

  1. overidealistic
  2. overidealistically
  3. overidealization
  4. overidealizations
  5. overidealize
  6. overidealized
  7. overidealizes
  8. overidealizing
  9. overidentification
  10. overidentified
  11. overidentifies

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