idealise
Verb
Meaning
form ideals
consider or render as ideal
Source: WordNetSynonyms
idealized
idealize
deify
enthrone
romanticize
sentimentalize
glamorise
idealisation
rhapsodise
romanticise
sentimentalise
overemphasise
glamourise
fetishize
divinize
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Examples
I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.
The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood.
Man has always idealized
She idealized her husband after his death