WISHFUL THINKING

Meaning of WISHFUL THINKING in English

Function: noun

Date: 1932

: the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what one wants to believe

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

WISHFUL THINKING — noun Date: 1932 the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WISHFUL THINKING — noun 1. : illusory attribution of actuality to what one wishes to be or become true and discovery of justifications …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISHFUL THINKING — — wishful thinker . interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WISHFUL THINKING — thoughtfulness, thoughts coming just from the heart
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WISHFUL THINKING — Date: 1932 : the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of what …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISHFUL THINKING — [wishful thinking] n (1932): the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WISHFUL THINKING — noun [ U ] the belief that sth that you want to happen is happening or will happen, although this …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISHFUL THINKING — ˌwishful ˈthinking BrE AmE noun [uncountable] when you believe that what you want to happen will happen, when in fact …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISHFUL THINKING — If you say that an idea, wish, or hope is wishful thinking , you mean that it has failed to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WISHFUL THINKING — If you say that an idea, wish, or hope is ~, you mean that it has failed to come true …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WISHFUL THINKING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Coping with waste will always be hard, and hypocrisy and wishful thinking will not make …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WISHFUL THINKING — Synonyms and related words : alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, bamboozlement, befooling, blame-shifting, blind faith, bluffing, calculated deception, circumvention, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WISHFUL THINKING — See ↑ HOPE 5
Longman Activator English vocab
WISHFUL THINKING — believing it is true because you wish it was true Roy says that he is going to marry Dawn, but …
English Idioms vocab
WISHFUL THINKING — believing it is true because you wish it was true Roy says that he is going to marry Dawn, but …
English Idioms vocabulary
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — Фата-моргана
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — Престидижитатор
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — Мираж
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — Мечтатели
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — Иллюзионизм
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное The socialist contention that the collective ownership of the means of production will produce a classless …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
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WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
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WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное The socialist contention that the collective ownership of the means of production will produce a classless …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное The socialist contention that the collective ownership of the means of production will produce a classless state …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
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WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WISHFUL — matinguhaon
English-Visayan vocabulary
WISHFUL — adjective Date: 1593 1. expressive of a wish ; hopeful , having a wish ; desirous , according with wishes …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
THINKING — or thought Action of using one's mind to produce thoughts, or covert symbolic responses to stimuli. Theories of thought and …
Английский словарь Британика
THINKING — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English thenkinge, from gerund of thenken to think 1. : the action of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISHFUL — ˈ ̷ ̷fəl adjective Etymology: wish (II) + -ful 1. obsolete : fulfilling a wish : attractive , desirable having so wishful …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WISHFUL — (a.) Desirable; exciting wishes.
Английский словарь Webster
WISHFUL — (a.) Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.
Английский словарь Webster
WISHFUL — (a.) Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
Английский словарь Webster
THINKING — (n.) The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
Английский словарь Webster
WISHFUL — ( a. ) Showing desire; as, wishful eyes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WISHFUL — ( a. ) Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WISHFUL — ( a. ) Desirable; exciting wishes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THINKING — ( n. ) The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WISHFUL — — wishfully , adv. — wishfulness , n. /wish"feuhl/ , adj. having or showing a wish; desirous; longing. [ 1515-25; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THINKING — — thinkingly , adv. /thing"king/ , adj. 1. rational; reasoning: People are thinking animals. 2. thoughtful; reflective: Any thinking person …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WISHFUL — adj. desirous; hopeful; longing; having or expressive of a wish; according to one's wishes and not reality
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
THINKING — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. : the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts 2. a. : opinion …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISHFUL — adjective Date: 1593 1. a. : expressive of a wish : hopeful looked at the toys with wishful eyes b. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WISHFUL — adj desirable; exciting wishes. 2. wishful ·adj showing desire; as, wishful eyes. 3. wishful ·adj having desire, or ardent desire; …
Webster English vocab
THINKING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of think. 2. thinking ·noun the act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment. 3. thinking …
Webster English vocab
WISHFUL — ■ adjective 1》 having or expressing a wish for something to happen. 2》 based on impractical wishes rather than facts: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WISHFUL — [wish.ful] adj (1593) 1 a: expressive of a wish: hopeful b: having a wish: desirous 2: according with wishes rather …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THINKING — [thinking] n (14c) 1: the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts 2. a: opinion, judgment "I'd like to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WISHFUL — wishful BrE AmE ˈwɪʃ f ə l -fʊl ▷ wishful|ly i ▷ wishful|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ wishful ˈ thinking …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THINKING — / ˈθɪŋkɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ U ] 1. the process of thinking about sth : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINKING — I. think ‧ ing 1 /ˈθɪŋkɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ think , ↑ rethink …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WISHFUL — adj. 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) desiring, wishing. 2 having or expressing a wish. øwishful thinking belief founded …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WISHFUL — adj. 1 (often foll. by to + infin.) desiring, wishing. 2 having or expressing a wish. wishful thinking belief founded …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WISHFUL — adj.1 (often foll. by to + infin.) desiring, wishing. 2 having or expressing a wish. Phrases and idioms: wishful thinking …
Oxford English vocab
THINKING — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The general ideas or opinions of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THINKING — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The general ideas or opinions of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THINKING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be right in saying/thinking etc ▪ I think I’m right in saying they once …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WISHFUL — thinking - the imagining or discussion of a very unlikely future event or situation as if it were possible and …
Cambridge English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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