wishful thinking

Definitions

General English

• noun the practice of thinking that something will actually happen because you want it to.

Idiom

• believe that something very unlikely is going to happen just because one wants it to happen

Nearby Definitions of “wishful thinking”

• wise
• wiseacre
• wiseass
• wish
• wishbone
• wishful thinking
• wit
• witch
• witch sole
• witchetty grub
• with

Contexts for “wishful thinking”

2 definitions in context
• General English
• Idiom