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.

People notoriously avoid the doctor for this reason; magical thinking pops in.

My essential piece of magical thinking around writing is that it is a relationship, a collaboration, between me and the mystery.

The magical thinking lies not in saying that the world is interconnected, but rather in insisting that there is no overlap.

Similar magical thinking is emerging recently about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Our African-American communities have largely bought into a form of magical thinking.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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