in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 idealise
1. 把…理想化;理想化地呈现
If you idealize something or someone, you think of them, or represent them to other people, as being perfect or much better than they really are.
e.g. People idealize the past...
人们爱把过去理想化。
e.g. I'm not trying to glorify or idealise women.
我不是要美化女人或把她们理想化。
idealized...an idealised image of how a parent should be...
理想化的父母形象
Men want to look like the idealized men depicted in advertisements.
男人们希望自己看上去像广告中描绘的那种理想化男人。
idealization...Marie's idealisation of her dead husband.
玛丽对亡夫的理想化描述