idealization of rural life
1idealization — noun 1. a portrayal of something as ideal (Freq. 1) the idealization of rural life was very misleading • Syn: ↑idealisation, ↑glorification • Derivationally related forms: ↑glorify (for: ↑ …
2idealisation — noun 1. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations one good and one bad • Syn: ↑idealization • Derivationally related forms: ↑idealise • Topics: ↑psychiatry, ↑ps …
3glorification — noun 1. a state of high honor he valued glory above life itself • Syn: ↑glory • Derivationally related forms: ↑glorify, ↑glorious (for: ↑glory), ↑glory …
4Musaemura Zimunya — Musaemura Bonas Zimunya (born 14 November 1949) is one of Zimbabwe s most important contemporary writers. Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 Bibliography 3.1 Poetry …
5Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
6Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
7Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
8DAVID — (Heb. דָּוִד), youngest son of Jesse of the Ephrathite family that lived in Beth Lehem in Judah (I Sam. 16:1; 20:27–28; I Chron. 2:13–15; cf. Micah 5:1). In the Bible SOURCES I Samuel 16–II Kings 2 is our main source for David, supplemented by I… …
9sculpture — sculptural, adj. sculpturally, adv. /skulp cheuhr/, n., v., sculptured, sculpturing. n. 1. the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the… …
10Goldsmith, Oliver — born Nov. 10, 1730, Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Ire. died April 4, 1774, London, Eng. Irish born British essayist, poet, novelist, and dramatist. Goldsmith attended Trinity College in Dublin before studying medicine in Edinburgh. Settling in …
