wish fulfillment
Example Sentences
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Much of her experience with the series has been wish fulfillment, partly because she had manifested working with Sennott years before “I Love LA” was in development, but mostly because she had dreamed of being an actor since she was a kid.
From Los Angeles Times
The original “Fantasy Island” ran for seven seasons from 1978 to 1984 on ABC, making, as Sánchez put it, “wish fulfillment a cultural phenomenon.”
From New York Times
It’s about wish fulfillment; it’s about growing as a human being; it’s about making dreams come true.
From New York Times
Yet, being popular fictions — at least that’s the hope — spy stories naturally push against fact as well, rewriting history, whether as wish fulfillment or what-if, worst-case scenario.
From New York Times
But these types of characters we’ve done since we were in our 20s, and now that we’re almost that age we realize that they are more like us, they are versions of us, almost like a wish fulfillment thing.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
