idealize
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Synonyms
glamorize (also glamourize), glamour (up), glorify, romanticize
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Lorenz idealized the atmosphere in 12 equations that described the motion of gas in a rotating, stratified fluid. — Joshua Sokol, WIRED, "These Hidden Women Helped Invent Chaos Theory," 26 May 2019 In 2009, after all, the Internet idealized supermodel Heidi Klum for returning to the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show runway just five weeks after giving birth. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "How Beyoncé Is Creating a New Narrative Around Motherhood and the Female Body," 6 Aug. 2018 But the temptation to idealize him as a symbol may be too strong. — Edward Rothstein, WSJ, "‘Poet of the Body: New York’s Walt Whitman’ Review: An American Bard’s Early Years," 24 June 2019 The smooth hybrid of reggae and rock performed by Sublime with Rome idealizes the mellow Southern California lifestyle. — kansascity, "KC concerts June 6-12: Luis Miguel, Billie Eilish, Sublime with Rome, Snarky Puppy," 4 June 2019 Resist the common tendency to idealize the relationship... — Willa Bennett, Seventeen, "How Do You Get Over Your Ex?," 8 Sep. 2017 Schumer plays Renee, a woman who hits her head and wakes up with the confidence of a supermodel, and Ratajkowski is Mallory, a model Renee idealizes for her looks. — Janet Mock, Marie Claire, "Emily Ratajkowski Is Unapologetically Herself," 10 May 2018 The newer seeds that plant breeders produce, whether open-pollinated or hybrid, are manipulated to thrive, and aren’t idealized in the same way, except by the breeders. — Tejal Rao, New York Times, "Seeds Only a Plant Breeder Could Love, Until Now," 27 Feb. 2018 Challenges are far too great to adequately mobilize another farming generation and draw people to the field, which is also ironic when farms are idealized as bucolic and peaceful. — Adrian White, Good Housekeeping, "Farm Life Isn't Nearly As Idyllic As It Looks On Instagram—But I Still Wouldn’t Trade It For Anything," 11 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'idealize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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