idealizer

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i·de·al·ize

(ī-dē′ə-līz′)

v. i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing, i·de·al·iz·es

v.tr.

To regard or represent as ideal: students who idealize their professors; a book that idealizes rustic living.

v.intr.

To regard or represent something as ideal.

i·de′al·i·za′tion (-ə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

i·de′al·iz′er n.

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