Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wish fulfilment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: wish -ful-fil-ment
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The imagined satisfying of a wish or desire, especially one which was unconscious or not recognised by the holder; the expression of such fulfilment in a dream, fantasy etc.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The dream represents a certain state of affairs as being as I would wish it to be: its content is thus a wish-fulfilment, its motive a wish."

Etymology

From wish + fulfilment, a calque of German Wunscherfüllung.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wish fulfilments (plural)

Questions

What does wish fulfilment mean?: The imagined satisfying of a wish or desire, especially one which was unconscious or not recognised by the holder; the expression of such fulfilment in a dream, fantasy etc.
Where does wish fulfilment come from?: From wish + fulfilment, a calque of German Wunscherfüllung.

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