different between idealize vs unrealize

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

un- +? realize

Verb

unrealize (third-person singular simple present unrealizes, present participle unrealizing, simple past and past participle unrealized)

1. (transitive) To make unreal; to idealize.
2. (nonce word) To alter one's own viewpoint after a previous realization; to change one's mind.

   I easily realized that all of his statements were wrong. How do you unrealize that?

Anagrams

• neuralize