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What (who) is wishful thinking - definition


Wishful thinking         
  • The [[extrastriate cortex]] (shown in orange and red) is believed to be involved in perceptual priming.
  • Focused attention
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Wishful Thinking (Album); Wishful Thinkin'; Wishful Thinking; Wishful Thinking (song); Wishful Thinking (album); Wishful Thinking (disambiguation)
Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine, rather than on evidence, rationality, or reality. It is a product of resolving conflicts between belief and desire.
wishful thinking         
  • The [[extrastriate cortex]] (shown in orange and red) is believed to be involved in perceptual priming.
  • Focused attention
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Wishful Thinking (Album); Wishful Thinkin'; Wishful Thinking; Wishful Thinking (song); Wishful Thinking (album); Wishful Thinking (disambiguation)
If you say that an idea, wish, or hope is wishful thinking, you mean that it has failed to come true or is unlikely to come true.
It is wishful thinking to expect deeper change under his leadership.
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Wishful thinking (disambiguation)         
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Wishful Thinking (Album); Wishful Thinkin'; Wishful Thinking; Wishful Thinking (song); Wishful Thinking (album); Wishful Thinking (disambiguation)
Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to rationality.
Examples of use of wishful thinking
1. That‘s when I knew it wasn‘t just wishful thinking.
2. In fact, says Mr Ormerod, these approaches are wishful thinking.
3. Sceptics dismiss it as wishful thinking and coincidence.
4. To believe them is to pursue myth and wishful thinking.
5. Wishful thinking or misunderstanding, the effect was the same.