wish fulfillment
noun
: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams, daydreams, or neurotic symptoms)
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Eventually, his thoughts coalesced around the concept of wish fulfillment.
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Perusing real-estate listings has since become a national pastime—not to mention a collective exercise in sanctioned snooping and quasi-erotic wish fulfillment.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Wendy also acts as a kind of wish fulfillment for kids.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
For all of its physical comedy and Christmas wish fulfillment, the real reason multiple generations developed a powerful bond to Home Alone is because of these tearful moments — and because of John’s sparkling, heartstring music.
—Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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Judy Berman, Time, 27 Oct. 2025
Perusing real-estate listings has since become a national pastime—not to mention a collective exercise in sanctioned snooping and quasi-erotic wish fulfillment.
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Wendy also acts as a kind of wish fulfillment for kids.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
For all of its physical comedy and Christmas wish fulfillment, the real reason multiple generations developed a powerful bond to Home Alone is because of these tearful moments — and because of John’s sparkling, heartstring music.
—Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wish fulfillment
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“Wish fulfillment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wish%20fulfillment. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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