idealization

Noun

Meaning

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

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Let me also remind you that zero, like all of mathematics, is fictional and an idealization. It is impossible to reach absolute zero temperature or to get perfect vacuum. Luckily, mathematics is a fairyland where ideal and fictional objects are possible. Doron Zeilberger

Do we regard language as more public, more ceremonial, than thought? Just as family men condemn the profanity on the stage that they use constantly in conversation, in the same way we may look to written language as an idealization rather than a reflection of ourselves. Edmund White

The laws of classical mechanics represent a mathematical idealization and should not be assumed to correspond to the real laws of nature. ... We now have to realize that errors are inevitable (..) a discovery that makes strict determinism impossible. Léon Brillouin

All idealization makes life poorer. To beautify it is to take away its character of complexity - it is to destroy it. Joseph Conrad

The Idealization of deep flaws seeping through coiled cracks; The reality we all want to avoid is a plagued sickness we choose to live with. Frances Bean Cobain

I have never known a patient to portray his parents more negatively than he actually experienced them in childhood but always more positively--because idealization of his parents was essential for his survival. Alice Miller (psychologist)

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