wish fulfilment

noun

1. (in Freudian psychology) any successful attempt to fulfil a wish stemming from the unconscious mind, whether in fact, in fantasy, or by such disguised means as sublimation See also pleasure principle

Example Sentences

"Bullying, wish fulfilment, mentorship, overcoming obstacles, single parenting, starting a new life in a different town. These are all themes that still resonate today."

From BBC

Meanwhile, nearby Dunfermline houses the UK's biggest Amazon "wish fulfilment centre".

From BBC

It's wish fulfilment but of the simplest kind: longing for connection, a sort of Nancy Meyers for friends.

From Salon

You might suggest that it was wish fulfilment, that I was projecting my own words onto her, and that's the most likely explanation.

From BBC

Hollywood, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s soapy, gleefully ahistorical Netflix miniseries about postwar Hollywood, is not so much a work of historical fiction as it is an exercise in wish fulfilment.

From Slate