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idealization /ʌɪˌdɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn , ˌʌɪdiəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn / (British English also idealisation)
noun [mass noun] the action of regarding or representing something as perfect or better than in reality:
her idealization of childhood as a time of innocence
[count noun] a romantic idealization of rural life.