wishful thinking

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49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفْكِير رَغْبَوِيّ (tafkīr raḡbawiyy) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Catalan: pensament il·lusori — illusion that what one would like is true
• Catalan: pensament desideratiu — illusion that what one would like is true
• Chinese Mandarin: 一廂情願 /一厢情愿 (yīxiāngqíngyuàn) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Chinese Mandarin: 痴心妄想 (chīxīnwàngxiǎng) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Chinese Mandarin: 如意算盤 /如意算盘 (rúyì suànpán) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Chinese Mandarin: 妄想 (wàngxiǎng) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Chinese Mandarin: 痴想 (chīxiǎng) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Czech: zbožné přání — illusion that what one would like is true
• Danish: ønsketænkning — illusion that what one would like is true
• Dutch: wensdenken — illusion that what one would like is true
• Estonian: soovmõtlemine — illusion that what one would like is true
• Faroese: ynskishugsan — illusion that what one would like is true
• Finnish: toiveajattelu — illusion that what one would like is true
• French: vœu pieux — illusion that what one would like is true
• German: Wunschdenken — illusion that what one would like is true
• Greek: ευσεβείς πόθοι (efseveís póthoi) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Hebrew: תקוות שווא (tiqvát shav) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Hebrew: משאלת לב (mish'élet lev) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Hungarian: vágyteljesítő/vágyvezérelt/vágyelvű gondolkodás — illusion that what one would like is true
• Icelandic: óskhyggja — illusion that what one would like is true
• Italian: pia illusione — illusion that what one would like is true
• Italian: pio desiderio — illusion that what one would like is true
• Italian: mero desiderio — illusion that what one would like is true
• Japanese: 希望的観測 (kibōteki kansoku) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Japanese: 甘い考え (amai kangae) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Japanese: 皮算用 (kawazan'yō) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Latin: pium desiderium — illusion that what one would like is true
• Latvian: vēlmju domāšana — illusion that what one would like is true
• Norwegian Bokmål: ønsketenkning — illusion that what one would like is true
• Polish: chciejstwo — illusion that what one would like is true
• Polish: pobożne życzenia — illusion that what one would like is true
• Polish: myślenie życzeniowe — illusion that what one would like is true
• Portuguese: wishful thinking — illusion that what one would like is true
• Portuguese: pensamento desejoso — illusion that what one would like is true
• Russian: приня́тие жела́емого за действи́тельное (prinjátije želájemovo za dejstvítelʹnoje) — illusion that what one would like is true
• Serbo-Croatian: samozavaravanje — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: ilusión — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: espejismo — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: pensamiento deseoso — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: voluntarismo — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: el cuento de la lechera — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: mucho optimismo — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: ilusiones — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: deseo ilusorio — illusion that what one would like is true
• Spanish: demasiado optimismo — illusion that what one would like is true
• Swedish: önsketänkande — illusion that what one would like is true
• Turkish: hüsnükuruntu — illusion that what one would like is true
• Welsh: gobaith ofer — illusion that what one would like is true