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wishfulness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | hungriness, longing, yearning |
| Derivation | wishful |
Examples of wishfulness
wishfulness
The media encourage this wishfulness because a good fight attracts an audience.
From the time.com
Both now seem to be triumphs of wishfulness over reality, despite their long genesis.
From the upi.com
When you compound utopian wishfulness with the anxiety of being left behind, you'll have a bubble.
From the businessweek.com
I suspect that the second kind of wishfulness is the one we're most prone to as consumers of art.
From the independent.co.uk
A strain of naive wishfulness soon became apparent.
From the independent.co.uk
Heaven is pure wishfulness, an imaginary solution to the insoluble problem of the contingency and injustice of life.
From the theatlantic.com
Recently I overheard someone say that if all the expats were to return we'd be tilting the scales at 5.5 million, and as easy as that, I found myself entering into that old airy-fairy wishfulness.
From the guardian.co.uk
- An unrealistic yearning
- The state or quality of being wishful; sometimes specifically wishful thinking
