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One who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he fell deeply in love with), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.
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pygmalion
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伝説のギリシャ神話に登場する彫刻家ピグマリオンにちなんで、対象を理想化し、自らの願望や理想を反映させる人物を指す。また、文学などにおいて、他者を理想像として捉え、形作ろうとする人物の呼称としても用いられる。
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