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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

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of wishful thinking was in 1932

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