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English
Pronunciation
Noun
wishful thinking (usually uncountable, plural wishful thinkings)
- (idiomatic, psychology) The illusion that what one would like to be true is actually true.
- (idiomatic) Decision-making based on self-delusion.
Translations
illusion that what one would like is true
- Catalan: pensament il·lusori m, pensament desideratiu m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 一廂情願 / 一厢情愿 (zh) (yīxiāngqíngyuàn), 痴心妄想 (zh) (chīxīnwàngxiǎng), 如意算盤 / 如意算盘 (zh) (rúyì suànpán), 妄想 (zh) (wàngxiǎng), 痴想 (zh) (chīxiǎng)
- Czech: zbožné přání n
- Danish: ønsketænkning c
- Dutch: wensdenken (nl) n
- Estonian: soovmõtlemine
- Faroese: ynskishugsan f
- Finnish: toiveajattelu (fi)
- French: vœu pieux (fr) m
- German: Wunschdenken (de) n
- Greek: ευσεβείς πόθοι m or pl (efseveís póthoi)
- Hebrew: תקוות שווא f (tiqvát shav), משאלת לב f (mish'élet lev)
- Hungarian: vágyteljesítő/vágyvezérelt/vágyelvű gondolkodás
- Icelandic: óskhyggja f
- Italian: pia illusione f, pio desiderio m, mero desiderio m
- Japanese: 希望的観測 (きぼうてきかんそく, kibōteki kansoku), 甘い考え (あまいかんがえ, amai kangae), 皮算用 (ja) (かわざんよう, kawazan'yō)
- Latin: pium desiderium n
- Latvian: vēlmju domāšana
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: ønsketenkning (no) m or f
- Polish: chciejstwo (pl) n, pobożne życzenie (pl) n, myślenie życzeniowe (pl) n (calqued from English)
- Portuguese: wishful thinking m, pensamento desejoso m
- Russian: приня́тие жела́емого за действи́тельное n (prinjátije želájemovo za dejstvítelʹnoje) (used with verbs выдавать (vydavatʹ) and принимать (prinimatʹ))
- Serbo-Croatian: samozavaravanje (sh)
- Spanish: ilusión (es) f, espejismo (es) m, pensamiento ilusorio m, voluntarismo (es) m, el cuento de la lechera (colloquial)
- Swedish: önsketänkande n
- Turkish: hüsnükuruntu (tr)
- Welsh: gobaith ofer m
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English wishful thinking.
Noun
wishful thinking m (uncountable)
- (psychology) wishful thinking
- Synonym: pensamento desejoso
