wishful thinking
çekim: tamlayan Wunschdenkens
köken: From Wunsch (“wish”) + Denken (“thinking”). Like English wishful thinking it seems to stem from the early 20th century, it being as yet unestablished which of the two is earlier.
🔊 Der ganze Plan beruhte auf reinem Wunschdenken.
vain wish, wishful thinking
çekim: çoğul vœux pieux
mirage · wishful thinking
çekim: çoğul espejismos
köken: From espejo (“mirror”) + -ismo.
synonym of pia illusione
çekim: çoğul meri desideri
wishful thinking
köken: From wens (“wish”) + denken (“to think”). Similar to German Wunschdenken.
counting one's chickens before they've hatched (acting in the present on the presumption of receiving something in the future)
köken: From the proverb 捕らぬ狸の皮算用.
wishful thinking
çekim: çoğul önsketänkanden · tamlayan önsketänkandes
köken: önska + -e- + tänkande
wishful thinking (illusion that what one would like is true)
çekim: tamlayan chciejstwa
eş: myślenie życzeniowe
köken: Etymology tree Polish chcieć Polish -stwo Polish chciejstwo From chcieć + -stwo.
wishful thinking
çekim: çoğul toiveajattelut · tamlayan toiveajattelun
köken: toive + ajattelu
wishful thinking
çekim: tamlayan ønsketænknings
köken: From ønske (“wish”) + tænkning (“thinking”).
wishful thinking
çekim: tamlayan óskhyggju
köken: From ósk (“wish”) + hyggja (“thought”).
cmn 🔊 一廂情願 /一厢情愿 , 如意算盤 /如意算盘 , 妄想 , 痴心妄想 , 痴想