English Explanatory Dictionary

wish fulfilment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The imagined satisfying of a wish or desire, especially one which was unconscious or not recognised by the holder; the expression of such fulfilment in a dream, fantasy etc.

Word forms

wish fulfilment wish fulfilments

Etymology

From wish + fulfilment, a calque of German Wunscherfüllung.

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