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wish fulfillment
noun
: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams, daydreams, or neurotic symptoms)
Examples of wish fulfillment in a Sentence
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Most characters’ resolutions represent wish fulfillment in its least imaginative form.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 3 July 2024
The film is glorious wish fulfillment, the kind of movie best served with a tub of your favorite ice cream.
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Barry Levitt, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Louie Scarcella Lamentable legacy Chicago: If wish fulfillment was the only criteria used to critique the career of Mitch McConnell, his special place in history would be assured.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2024
Neither of those movies is long on wish fulfillment, which is kind of like having a superhero movie where people solve interplanetary crises by negotiating.
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Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1908, in the meaning defined above
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“Wish fulfillment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20fulfillment. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
Medical Definition
wish fulfillment
noun
wish ful·fill·ment
-mənt
: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams or fantasies)
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