The satisfying of unconscious desires in dreams or fantasies.
there is a strong element of wish fulfilment in this episode
Example sentencesExamples
- The absurd story, like that of many heroic operas, declares itself as wish-fulfilment unadulterated.
- It's a classical case of subconscious wish-fulfilment.
- In part it is because it so successfully juggles fantasy and reality, wish-fulfilment and the daily grind of life.
- The former is governed by wish-fulfilment and the pleasure principle; the latter by conscious planning and the reality principle.
- Of course, musicals are an exercise in wish-fulfilment.