önsketänkande

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Swedish

Etymology

önska +‎ -e- +‎ tänkande

Noun

önsketänkande n

  1. wishful thinking

Declension

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Adjective

önsketänkande

  1. 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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