Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or expressing a wish or longing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having or expressing a wish; desirous; longing; covetous; wistful.
- Desirable; inviting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having desire, or ardent desire; longing.
- adjective Showing desire.
- adjective rare Desirable; exciting wishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Expressing awish orlonging for something. - adjective
Aspiring , orseeking advancement .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having or expressing desire for something
- adjective desiring or striving for recognition or advancement
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Examples
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Did she get on Leander's nerves, or was that what they called wishful thinking on her part?
Consultant Care Wirdnam, Sharon 1996
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"Some were wildly optimistic and it's what I call wishful thinking," said Chris Benson, who heads energy policy for the Arkansas Economic Development Commission.
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Now that's what I call wishful thinking on your part.
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What available knowledge is there to support such a notion is possible or is it basically a case in wishful thinking which has no place in a critical thinking exercise.
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There's a lot I could do this 4th St. that I couldn't do last 4th St. When people observed that I seemed to be doing significantly better, I didn't want to kick them, because they were not engaging in wishful thinking, they were right.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway alecaustin 2010
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My reaction is that it is you who is engaging in wishful thinking.
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Yes | No | Report from cindypiep wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago moishe, I know, call it wishful thinking
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The Republicans will continue to say no and block the legislative process because they will start engaging in wishful thinking about the 2012 elections.
Think Progress » Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted 2010
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Yes | No | Report from cindypiep wrote 2 weeks 3 days ago moishe, I know, call it wishful thinking
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There's a lot I could do this 4th St. that I couldn't do last 4th St. When people observed that I seemed to be doing significantly better, I didn't want to kick them, because they were not engaging in wishful thinking, they were right.
mrissa: At least I wasn't the Flighty One. Although they seem impervious to little things like WWII. mrissa 2010
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