Usually means: Desire for something not present.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. wishfulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. wishfulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wishfulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wishfulness: Vocabulary.com
  5. wishfulness: Wordnik
  6. wishfulness: Wiktionary
  7. wishfulness: Dictionary.com
  8. wishfulness: Rhymezone
  9. wishfulness: FreeDictionary.org
  10. wishfulness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. wishfulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wishfulness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (wishfulness)

▸ noun:  The state or quality of being wishful.
▸ noun:  Wishful thinking.

Similar:
unwishfulness, wistfulness, wishy-washiness, dreamfulness, whimsicality, wantedness, waifishness, witfulness, dreaminess, wispiness, more...

Opposite:
practicality, realism, pragmatism

Types:
daydreaming, fantasizing, woolgathering, pipe dream, castle in air, more...

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Similar:
unwishfulness, wistfulness, wishy-washiness, dreamfulness, whimsicality, wantedness, waifishness, witfulness, dreaminess, wispiness, more...

Opposite:
practicality, realism, pragmatism

Types:
daydreaming, fantasizing, woolgathering, pipe dream, castle in air, more...



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