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wishful
(redirected from wishfulness)

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We are invited to see the wishfulness of this, to hear Saleem wondering whether he is prepared "to rewrite the whole history of my times purely in order to place myself in a central role".
Guardian book club by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
These withdrawals allow him to continue to believe that what he sees 'is boundless', ignoring now both the wishfulness of that belief and any problematic thing in the world around.
Shelley in Italy by Pite, Ralph / Yearbook of English Studies
But such wishfulness seems to pay off at the box office and in the ratings.
ON SCREEN, BILL'S BETTER SELF : Hollywood's would-be president by Alleva, Richard / Commonweal
 
 
 
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