wishful thinking
Noun
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Noun
wishful thinking (uncountable)
- (idiomatic, psychology) The illusion that what one would like to be true is actually true.
- (idiomatic) Decision-making based on self-delusion.
- hopium
- wishcasting
- wishful hoping
- French: vœu pieux
- German: Wunschdenken
- Italian: pia illusione, pio desiderio, mero desiderio
- Portuguese: wishful thinking, pensamento desejoso
- Russian: принятие желаемого за действительное
- Spanish: ilusión, espejismo, pensamiento ilusorio, voluntarismo, el cuento de la lechera (colloquial)
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