Definition of Idealize

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Definition of Idealize
	Idealize To make ideal; to give an ideal form or value to; to attribute ideal characteristics and excellences to; as, to idealize real life. To treat in an ideal manner. See Idealization, 2. To form ideals. Related Definitions: An, And, As, Attribute, Form, Give, Ideal, Idealization, Idealize, In, Life, Make, Manner, Or, Real, See, To, Treat, Value

Idealize Quotations

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.
Leo Buscaglia

It's easy to idealize someone that you don't know.
Craig Bruce

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
Edsger Dijkstra

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.
Benjamin Jowett

What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.
Francis Herbert Hedge

Idealize Translations

idealize in German is idealisieren, idealisiere
idealize in Norwegian is idealisere
idealize in Spanish is idealizar
idealize in Swedish is idealisera

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