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magical thinking
noun
- a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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People notoriously avoid the doctor for this reason; magical thinking pops in.
From The Daily Beast
My essential piece of magical thinking around writing is that it is a relationship, a collaboration, between me and the mystery.
From The Daily Beast
The magical thinking lies not in saying that the world is interconnected, but rather in insisting that there is no overlap.
From The Daily Beast
Similar magical thinking is emerging recently about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
From The Daily Beast
Our African-American communities have largely bought into a form of magical thinking.
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