idealize

== English == === Alternative forms === idealise (non-Oxford British English) === Etymology === From ideal +‎ -ize. Compare French idéaliser. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /aɪˈdiəˌlaɪz/ === Verb === idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized) (transitive) To regard something as ideal. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal. (transitive, art) To portray using idealization. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “idealize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “idealize”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Galician == === Verb === idealize (reintegrationist norm) inflection of idealizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Portuguese == === Verb === idealize inflection of idealizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative