wish fulfillment
noun
: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams, daydreams, or neurotic symptoms)
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The psychological reasoning for this is pretty obvious: a one-two punch of suggestibility and wish fulfillment.
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Gayle Forman, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Despite overflowing with overwrought, expository dialogue and voiceover verging on preachy, its images deftly capture the feelings its words often struggle to convey, thanks in no small part to a unique narrative flourish that blurs the line between conversation and wish fulfillment.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
His research led to the common thread of wish fulfillment.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Smashing a laptop felt like wish fulfillment in 2010.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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Gayle Forman, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Despite overflowing with overwrought, expository dialogue and voiceover verging on preachy, its images deftly capture the feelings its words often struggle to convey, thanks in no small part to a unique narrative flourish that blurs the line between conversation and wish fulfillment.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
His research led to the common thread of wish fulfillment.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
Smashing a laptop felt like wish fulfillment in 2010.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Wish fulfillment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20fulfillment. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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