Wishful thinking is believing something because you want it to be so. Pure wishful thinking, more wishful thinking than analysis.
It is always a criticism, and the person doing it never recognises it at the time. Wishful thinking is hardest to spot in a forecast that happens to suit you.
1nounwishful thinkingBelieving something because you want it to be so.
“The sales forecast was wishful thinking with a chart attached.”
wishful thinking is a thinking.
Practised in Thinking & Memory