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},
{
"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"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"wishful thinking"
],
"word": "wishful thinking"
}
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