WISHFUL THINKING

Meaning of WISHFUL THINKING in English

believing it is true because you wish it was true

Roy says that he is going to marry Dawn, but it's wishful thinking.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 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 — Function: noun Date: 1932 : the attribution of reality to what one wishes to be true or the tenuous justification …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
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 — 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
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WISHFUL THINKING — принятие желаемого за действительное
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
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

English Idioms vocabulary

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