When you first come out, you might have an overactive gaydar. When I realized I was gay, I wanted everyone to be gay too, which led to a lot of wishful thinking. "Helen Hunt is gay!" Dream on, girl!
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Wishful thinking
Synonyms for "wishful thinking" (140 found)
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Closest matches (28)
alienationautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanismbamboozlementbefoolingblame-shiftingblind faithbluffingcalculated deceptioncircumventioncompensationconningcredulitycredulousnessdaydreamdaydreamingdeceivingdeceptiondeceptiveness
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Strong matches (42)
dereismdereistic thinkingdisplacementdisposition to believedissociationdotagedreameryduperyease of beliefemotional insulationenmeshmentensnaremententanglemententrapmentescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismfallaciousnessfallacy
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falsenessfantasizingfantasyflightflight of fancyflimflamflimflammeryfond illusionfondnessfoolinggross credulityhallucinationhoodwinkingidealidealismidealityidealizationillusionimaginative exercise
Related words (70)
impracticalityinfatuationisolationkiddingmiragenegativismnostalgiaoutwittingovercompensationovercredulityovercredulousnessoveropenness to convictionoverreachingovertrustfulnessphantasmplay of fancyprojectionpsychotaxisputting onquixotism
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quixotryrash convictionrationalizationresistanceromanceromanticismself-deceptionsnow jobsociological adjustive reactionssong and dancespooferyspoofingsublimationsubstitutionsubterfugeswindlingtrickinesstrickingtrustfulnessuncritical acceptanceuncriticalnessunpracticalnessunquestioning beliefunrealismunrealityunripe acceptationunskepticalnessunsuspectingnessunsuspiciousnessutopianismvictimizationvisionvisionarinesswill to believewillful misconceptionwillingness to believewish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful beliefwishfulnesswistful eyewistfulnesswithdrawalyearnfulness
Noun(6 words)
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4 entrieshopeful extrapolationmotivated reasoningnaive optimismoptimism bias
Collocations
5 entriesfalse hopemotivated reasoningnaive optimismoptimism biasrosy view
Derivations
2 entrieswishfulwishful thinker
Sample sentences
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Although no word has ever really emerged of what the Queen has really thought of her prime ministers, there has always been a sense that she did not get on terribly well with Thatcher. Some of this is doubtless wishful thinking, but there were sufficient straws in the wind to give it some credence, such as the story that the prime minister asked what the sovereign intended to wear to an event so as to avoid a clash, only to be told frostily that Her Majesty did not pay any attention to what other people wore.
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