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# idealised

verb (idealise, idealises, idealised, idealising; American spelling idealize)

«idealised» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To make someone or something seem more perfect or lovely than it really is, showing only the good side. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/#m1)
2. In art, to paint or draw a person or thing as more beautiful than in life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/#m2)

### In the lessons

in the lessons, an artist or writer shows a perfect picture instead of a true one: «an idealised village»

### Examples

- The painter idealised the queen, so she looked flawless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/#x1)
- The story idealised village life and left out the hard work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/#x2)
- Do not idealise your friends; everyone has faults. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «idealised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idealised/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«idealised» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/idealised.html) on Mova free.