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wishful thinkingˌwishful ˈthinking noun [uncountable]   - Coping with waste will always be hard, and hypocrisy and wishful thinking will not make it easier.
- Lomas, for instance, finds his pleasure in wishful thinking about the war.
- Mere logic and abstinence from wishful thinking had enabled Milner to summarise the story of the next sixty years.
- Personally I see this as wishful thinking rather than practical logic.
unreasonable hopes► wishful thinking when something you hope for or want to believe is very unlikely to happen or to be true: · I think she likes me -- but maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part!· Hopes that scientists have found a cure for baldness now seem based more on wishful thinking than reality. ► pipe-dream something pleasant or exciting that you like to imagine happening, but which is very unlikely to happen: · I'd always wanted to travel around the world, but it seemed nothing more than a pipe-dream.· "What do you think the chances are of lasting peace in the Middle East?'' "I think it's all just a pipe-dream.'' ► pie in the sky informal an idea or plan that is pie in the sky is one that someone wishes or hopes will happen, but is unlikely to happen because it is not very practical: · Any talk of getting a reasonable response from the terrorists is just pie in the sky. when you believe that what you want to happen will happen, when in fact it is not possible:  I think she rather likes me. But maybe that’s just wishful thinking. |