Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Idealization \I*de`al*i*za"tion\, n.
   1. The act or process of idealizing.

   2. (Fine Arts) The representation of natural objects, scenes,
      etc., in such a way as to show their most important
      characteristics; the study of the ideal.

Source : WordNet®

idealization
     n 1: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of
          rural life was very misleading" [syn: {idealisation}, {glorification}]
     2: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you
        are ambivalent about into two representations--one good
        and one bad [syn: {idealisation}]
     3: something that exists only as an idea [syn: {idealisation}]