Translations for wishful in the English»Serbian Dictionary

wish·ful 'think·ing N no pl

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wishful thinking

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Lane admits that this was wishful thinking, since all of his failed relationships have ended on bad terms. en.wikipedia.org

As invoked in everyday life, the law usually reflects bad statistics or wishful thinking rather than any mathematical principle. en.wikipedia.org

At the core is a wishful attempt to discredit all science because some facts clash with belief systems. en.wikipedia.org

The idea is controversial within the scientific community, coming under fire for bad anatomical science or simply wishful thinking. en.wikipedia.org

Colloquially, however, it can also be used for a wishful second person imperative. en.wikipedia.org

Motivational explanations involve an effect of desire on belief, sometimes called wishful thinking. en.wikipedia.org

Lack of snowfall during this time, along with insufficient funds, made this mostly wishful thinking. en.wikipedia.org

The essence of wishful identification is media users desire, but imitation is not about peoples expectations, but modeling, either for identity or for behavior. en.wikipedia.org

The reports turned out to be false, the result of wishful thinking and poor communications between the continents. en.wikipedia.org

Unfortunately, the authors find, this is no more than wishful thinking. en.wikipedia.org

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