Definitions
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- adjective UK
Regarded asideal . - adjective UK
Considered as an ideal form of something. - adjective Alternative spelling of
idealized . - verb UK Simple past tense and past participle of
idealise . - verb Alternative spelling of
idealized .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence
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Examples
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Harry's 'love' of Ginny Weasley is also ambiguous at best - look at the way he not only ditches her at the end of book 6 but only seems to ever express his desire for her in idealised romantic terms.
The Harry Potter subtext debate Stephen Tall 2007
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With this warning we may yet accept these depositions as trustworthy, all the more for the atmosphere of truth, perfectly realistic, and in no way idealised, which is in every description of the great catastrophe; in which Jeanne figures as no supernatural heroine, but as a terrified, tormented, and often trembling girl.
Jeanne d'Arc Oliphant, Mrs. 1896
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With this warning we may yet accept these depositions as trustworthy, all the more for the atmosphere of truth, perfectly realistic, and in no way idealised, which is in every description of the great catastrophe; in which Jeanne figures as no supernatural heroine, but as a terrified, tormented, and often trembling girl.
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He had some kind of idealised, romantic notion about serving God.
Scattershot thoughts on Supernatural karenmiller 2009
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Reminded me of the kind of idealised natural wonder japanese games like final fantasy seem to go for.
cbrimble Diary Entry cbrimble 2007
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Men in the kind of idealised relationships sometimes pictured on here, I feel, never lose their temper or shout at their wives.
Taken In Hand - 2010
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It was the kind of idealised scenery you find in car racing computer games, from a dramatic concrete viaduct near Arthur's Pass through to the long wait we had to make for an oncoming train to cross an extremely long bridge which functioned as both road and rail in its single lane.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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Self-insertion is the practice of the author either inserting themselves, or a character that resembles some kind of idealised version of themselves, into the story.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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The data is used to construct an 'idealised' surface, or geoid
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The data is used to construct an 'idealised' surface, or geoid
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