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Noun Concept
Categories: Borderline personality disorder, Defence mechanisms, Narcissism, Dichotomies
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idealization  idealisation
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad WordNet 3.0
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The act or process of idealizing. Wiktionary
Act or process of idealizing. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
defense mechanism
HAS KIND
primitive idealization
CATEGORY DOMAIN
psychiatry
DERIVATION
idealize
USAGE DOMAIN
Australian English orthography
British English orthography
American English orthography
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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idealization, idealisation
Wiktionary
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idealization
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idealisation, idealization

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