wishfulfilling

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wishfulfilling (comparative more wishfulfilling, superlative most wishfulfilling)

  1. Alternative form of wish-fulfilling
    • 1954, Pennsylvania State University, Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education and Doctor of Philosophy, page 582:
      They take the form of excessive intellectualization, an unbalanced critical attitude, constriction, neurotic qualifications, and wishfulfilling fantasy activity of a pathological nature.
    • 1994, Chö-yang - Issue 6, page 121:
      They also possessed the wishfulfilling jewel and the wishfulfilling cow and great wealth.
    • 2011, Lojong Mind Training in Eight Verses:
      A wishfulfilling jewel is something very serious in the Tibetan culture.