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WISHFULNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wishfulness mean?
• WISHFULNESS (noun)
The noun WISHFULNESS has 1 sense:
1. an unrealistic yearning
Familiarity information: WISHFULNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unrealistic yearning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("wishfulness" is a kind of...):
hungriness; longing; yearning (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Derivation:
wishful (having or expressing desire for something)
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