önsketänkande

Swedish

Etymology

önska +‎ -e- +‎ tänkande

Noun

önsketänkande n

  1. wishful thinking

Declension

Declension of önsketänkande
nominative genitive
singular indefinite önsketänkande önsketänkandes
definite önsketänkandet önsketänkandets
plural indefinite önsketänkanden önsketänkandens
definite önsketänkandena önsketänkandenas

Synonyms

Adjective

önsketänkande

  1. thinking wishfully; engaging in wishful thinking
    • 2020 May 31, Sakine Madon, “Vem skulle inte vilja dela en öl med Schlaug? [Who wouldn't want to share a beer with Schlaug?]”, in Upsala Nya Tidning‎[1]:
      Nuvarande språkrör Isabella Lövin uttryckte inför valet 2018 att hon inte skulle ”underdriva situationens allvar”, men enligt Schlaug höll det endast i några dagar. Sedan lät hon återigen som en önsketänkande regeringsföreträdare.
      The [Green Party's] current spokesperson Isabella Lövin expressed before the 2018 election that she would not ”downplay the gravity of the situation”, but according to Schlaug, that only lasted a few days. Later, she sounded once again like a government representative full of wishful thinking.

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