1. idealisation(n = noun.process) idealization - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad;
is a kind of defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
Derived form verb idealise1
2. idealisation(n = noun.cognition) idealization - something that exists only as an idea;
is a kind of idea, thought
3. idealisation(n = noun.act) glorification, idealization - a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"
is a kind of admiration, appreciation
has particulars: romanticisation, romanticization, sentimentalisation, sentimentalization
Same as idealization. [WordNet 1.5]