Definition of Idealisation

Noun: idealisation  I,dee-u-lI'zey-shun
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: idealization)

1. (psychiatry) a defence mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
   - idealization
    
2. Something that exists only as an idea
   - idealization
    
3. A portrayal of something as ideal
   "the idealisation of rural life was very misleading";
   - idealization, glorification

See also:
idealess
idealise