Definify.com

Definition 2025

wishful thinking ‎(usually uncountable, plural wishful thinkings)

illusion that what you would like is true

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一廂情願 (zh), 一厢情愿 (zh) ‎(yīxiāngqíngyuàn), 痴心妄想 (zh) ‎(chīxīnwàngxiǎng), 如意算盤 (zh), 如意算盘 (zh) ‎(rúyì suànpán), 妄想 (zh) ‎(wàngxiǎng), 痴想 (zh) ‎(chīxiǎng)
Czech: zbožné přání n
Danish: ønsketænkning c
Dutch: wensdenken n
Estonian: soovmõtlemine
Finnish: toiveajattelu (fi)
French: vœu pieux (fr) f
German: Wunschdenken (de) n
Greek: ευσεβείς πόθοι ‎(efseveís póthoi)

Hebrew: תקוות שווא
Icelandic: óskhyggja f
Italian: pia illusione f
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)
Latin: pium desiderium n
Polish: myślenie życzeniowe (pl) n, pobożne życzenia n pl
Portuguese: wishful thinking m, pensamento desejoso m
Russian: приня́тие жела́емого за действи́тельное n ‎(prinjátije želájemovo za dejstvítelʹnoje) (желаемое за действительное is used with verbs выдавать and принимать)
Serbo-Croatian: samozavaravanje (sh)
Spanish: ilusión (es) f, espejismo (es) m, pensamiento ilusorio m
Swedish: önsketänkande n

wishful thinking m (uncountable)