overidealize
verb
over·ide·al·ize
| \ ˌō-vər-ī-ˈdē-(ə-)ˌlīz
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overidealized;
overidealizing
Definition of overidealize
: to attribute unrealistically ideal characteristics to (something or someone)
tended to overidealize his mother overidealizing the past … the documentary … focuses on creating a complete picture of the sometimes overidealized author to show her for the complicated woman she was.— Karen Shade
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