Idealization
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Framework senses
- §1
- a portrayal of something as ideal
- §2
- something that exists only as an idea
- §3
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad