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wishful thinking
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
wishful thinking noun
wishful thinking
noun
Learner's definition of WISHFUL THINKING
[noncount]
: an attitude or belief that something you want to happen will happen even though it is not likely or possible一厢情愿的态度；不切实际的想法
- The idea that the enemy will immediately surrender is nothing more than wishful thinking.认为敌人会立刻投降只是一厢情愿的想法。
wishful thinking
noun
: the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what one wants to believe
Example Sentences
The idea that the enemy will immediately surrender is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Recent Examples on the Web With truly competitive tax breaks, talks of Spain as a production hub in Europe is far from wishful thinking. 
John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 The pack-and-hold strategy, meanwhile, looks a little bit like wishful thinking given that even different cuts of basic tees can become unpopular from one year to the next. Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The publication of Haqqani's op-ed in The New York Times was emblematic of the wishful thinking about the Taliban in the US that had persisted for years. Peter Bergen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 They are driven by a much more clear-eyed assessment of the brutal nature of the Russian regime than the wishful thinking that for twenty years often drove the West’s accommodation of Putin. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 June 2022 But what is potentially even more frightening than misplaced wishful thinking is the third element: truth. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022 This promised paradise is a sham built on wishful thinking and green marketing. Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 20 June 2022 From the beginning, the operation was beset by wishful thinking and miscommunication at the highest levels of government. Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022 Others argue that the push to lift restrictions is shortsighted and reflects nothing more than wishful thinking and insensitivity to the needs of the immunocompromised, the elderly and the communities hurt worst by the pandemic. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2022 See More
John Hopewell, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022 The pack-and-hold strategy, meanwhile, looks a little bit like wishful thinking given that even different cuts of basic tees can become unpopular from one year to the next. Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 The publication of Haqqani's op-ed in The New York Times was emblematic of the wishful thinking about the Taliban in the US that had persisted for years. Peter Bergen, CNN, 9 Aug. 2022 They are driven by a much more clear-eyed assessment of the brutal nature of the Russian regime than the wishful thinking that for twenty years often drove the West’s accommodation of Putin. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 30 June 2022 But what is potentially even more frightening than misplaced wishful thinking is the third element: truth. Tom Mctague, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022 This promised paradise is a sham built on wishful thinking and green marketing. Bjorn Lomborg, WSJ, 20 June 2022 From the beginning, the operation was beset by wishful thinking and miscommunication at the highest levels of government. Mirzahussain Sadid, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2022 Others argue that the push to lift restrictions is shortsighted and reflects nothing more than wishful thinking and insensitivity to the needs of the immunocompromised, the elderly and the communities hurt worst by the pandemic. Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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