wish fulfillment
Example Sentences
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Mr. Kimmel also hints at the wish fulfillment at the heart of the Jewish-penned superhero tales: As he observes, within their pages, “nerdy outsiders end up exhibiting enviable superpowers.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
“Stringed Instruments” was a work that left the audience without a closing moment of wish fulfillment.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025
The male “feminist,” as a figure of wish fulfillment in the search for a better world, has circumvented the natural skepticism people might otherwise have about public figures.
From Slate • Jan. 17, 2025
“Hacks” at its best is an exercise in wish fulfillment.
From Salon • May 24, 2024
Jules Verne must have employed a similar type of wish fulfillment with his prophetic writings that splashed a hundred years into the present.
From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
