different between idealize vs overidealize

English

Alternative forms

• idealise

Etymology

From ideal +? -ize

Verb

idealize (third-person singular simple present idealizes, present participle idealizing, simple past and past participle idealized)

1. (transitive) To regard something as ideal.
2. (intransitive) To conceive or form an ideal.
3. (transitive, art) To portray using idealization.

Derived terms

• idealization

Translations

Further reading

• idealize in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• idealize in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Portuguese

Verb

idealize

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of idealizar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of idealizar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of idealizar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of idealizar

English

Etymology

over- +? idealize

Verb

overidealize (third-person singular simple present overidealizes, present participle overidealizing, simple past and past participle overidealized)

1. (transitive) To idealize to too great an extent.