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Swedish
Etymology
önska + -e- + tänkande
Noun
önsketänkande n
- wishful thinking
Declension
Declension of önsketänkande
Synonyms
Adjective
önsketänkande
- thinking wishfully; engaging in wishful thinking
2020 May 31, Sakine Madon, “Vem skulle inte vilja dela en öl med Schlaug? [Who wouldn't want to share a beer with Schlaug?]”, in Upsala Nya Tidning:Nuvarande språkrör Isabella Lövin uttryckte inför valet 2018 att hon inte skulle ”underdriva situationens allvar”, men enligt Schlaug höll det endast i några dagar. Sedan lät hon återigen som en önsketänkande regeringsföreträdare.- The current spokesperson Isabella Lövin expressed before the 2018 election that she would not ”downplay the gravity of the situation”, but according to Schlaug, that only lasted a few days. Later, she sounded once again like a government representative full of wishful thinking.
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