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Idealization (n.) of ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the sexual reaches full force in a man only when the woman refuses and denies her sexuality — her repression stokes his libido.

Idealization (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the trend that falsifies judgement in love: narcissistic libido overflows onto the beloved, who stands in for an ego ideal we never reached.

Idealization (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the parents' narcissistic stigma: compelled to ascribe every perfection to their child and forget his faults — whence also the denial of children's sexuality.

Idealization (n.) leaves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the object unchanged in nature and aggrandizes it only in the subject's mind; sublimation changes the instinct, idealization the object.

Idealization (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠overestimation of the beloved is a logical blinding: love spreads from the genitals to the whole body, to every sensation of the person, and finally to their opinions.