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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

i·de·al·ize / īˈdē(ə)ˌlīz/ • v. [tr.] [often as adj.] (idealized) regard or represent as perfect or better than in reality: Helen's idealized accounts of their life together. DERIVATIVES: i·de·al·i·za·tion / īˌdē(ə)liˈzāshən/ n. i·de·al·iz·er n.

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