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"word": "wishful hoping"
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"(idiomatic, psychology) The formation of beliefs based on an outcome that aligns with one's desires or hopes, while disregarding evidence, rationality, or reality."
],
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"usually"
],
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"psychology",
"sciences"
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"Decision making based on self-delusion."
],
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[
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"decision making"
],
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"self-delusion"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(idiomatic) Decision making based on self-delusion."
],
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}
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"audio": "En-au-wishful thinking.ogg",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/En-au-wishful_thinking.ogg"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tafkīr raḡbawiyy",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "تَفْكِير رَغْبَوِيّ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pensament il·lusori"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pensament desideratiu"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīxiāngqíngyuàn",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "一廂情願 /一厢情愿"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chīxīnwàngxiǎng",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "痴心妄想"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rúyì suànpán",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "如意算盤 /如意算盘"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wàngxiǎng",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "妄想"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chīxiǎng",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "痴想"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zbožné přání"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ønsketænkning"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "wensdenken"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "soovmõtlemine"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ynskishugsan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "toiveajattelu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vœu pieux"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Wunschdenken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efseveís póthoi",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ευσεβείς πόθοι"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tiqvát shav",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "תקוות שווא"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mish'élet lev",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "משאלת לב"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "vágyteljesítő/vágyvezérelt/vágyelvű gondolkodás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "óskhyggja"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pia illusione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pio desiderio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mero desiderio"
},
{
"alt": "きぼうてきかんそく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kibōteki kansoku",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "希望的観測"
},
{
"alt": "あまいかんがえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "amai kangae",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "甘い考え"
},
{
"alt": "かわざんよう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kawazan'yō",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "皮算用"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pium desiderium"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "vēlmju domāšana"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ønsketenkning"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "chciejstwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pobożne życzenie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "calqued from English",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "myślenie życzeniowe"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wishful thinking"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pensamento desejoso"
},
{
"alt": "used with verbs выдавать (vydavatʹ) and принимать (prinimatʹ)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjátije želájemovo za dejstvítelʹnoje",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "приня́тие жела́емого за действи́тельное"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "samozavaravanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ilusión"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espejismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pensamiento ilusorio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voluntarismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "el cuento de la lechera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "önsketänkande"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"word": "hüsnükuruntu"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "illusion that what one would like is true",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gobaith ofer"
}
],
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"Portuguese uncountable nouns",
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"word": "pensamento desejoso"
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