wish fulfillment

noun

Definition of WISH FULFILLMENT

: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams, daydreams, or neurotic symptoms)

1908

Medical Dictionary

noun wish ful·fill·ment \-mənt\

: the gratification of a desire especially symbolically (as in dreams or fantasies)

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