wishful thinking

English

wishful thinking (usually uncountable, plural wishful thinkings)

illusion that what one would like is true

Chinese:
Mandarin: 一廂情願 (zh), 一厢情愿 (zh) (yīxiāngqíngyuàn), 痴心妄想 (zh) (chīxīnwàngxiǎng), 如意算盤 (zh), 如意算盘 (zh) (rúyì suànpán), 妄想 (zh) (wàngxiǎng), 痴想 (zh) (chīxiǎng)
Czech: zbožné přání n
Danish: ønsketænkning c
Dutch: wensdenken n
Estonian: soovmõtlemine
Faroese: ynskishugsan f
Finnish: toiveajattelu (fi)
French: vœu pieux (fr) m
German: Wunschdenken (de) n
Greek: ευσεβείς πόθοι m or pl (efseveís póthoi)
Hebrew: תקוות שווא‎

Icelandic: óskhyggja f
Italian: pia illusione f, pio desiderio m, mero desiderio m
Japanese: 希望的観測 (きぼうてきかんそく, kibōteki kansoku), 甘い考え (あまいかんがえ, amai kangae)
Latin: pium desiderium n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ønsketenkning (no) m or f
Polish: myślenie życzeniowe (pl) n, pobożne życzenia n pl
Portuguese: wishful thinking m, pensamento desejoso m
Russian: приня́тие жела́емого за действи́тельное n (prinjátije želájemovo za dejstvítelʹnoje) (желаемое за действительное is used with verbs выдавать and принимать)
Serbo-Croatian: samozavaravanje (sh)
Spanish: ilusión (es) f, espejismo (es) m, pensamiento ilusorio m, voluntarismo m
Swedish: önsketänkande n

wishful thinking m (uncountable)

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