Wishful-thinking
noun
1.
interpretation of facts, actions, words, etc., as one would like them to be rather than as they really are; imagining as actual what is not.
wishful thinking
noun
1.
the erroneous belief that one’s wishes are in accordance with reality
wishful thinking
Interpreting matters as one would like them to be, as opposed to what they really are. For example, Matthew wanted to be a basketball player, but with his height that was wishful thinking. This term comes from Freudian psychology of the mid-1920s and soon began to be used more loosely.
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