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blind faith collapse

infatuation collapse: an object of extravagant short-lived passion; foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

dotage collapse: mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations

hankering collapse: a yearning for something or to do something

wishful thinker collapse

longing collapse: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

nostalgic collapse

dreamer collapse: someone who is dreaming

fondness collapse: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"

idealist collapse: someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

flight of fancy collapse

overcompensation collapse: excessive compensation; (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite

impracticality collapse: concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use

spoofing collapse

Don Quixote collapse: the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical; any impractical idealist (after Cervantes' hero)

romancer collapse

wishful thinking collapse: the illusion that what you wish for is actually true

nostalgia collapse: longing for something past

desirous collapse: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to the problem"

lotus eater collapse

victimization collapse: adversity resulting from being made a victim; "his victimization infuriated him"

prophet collapse: an authoritative person who divines the future; someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God

daydreamer collapse: someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming

escapism collapse

wistful collapse

idealization collapse: a portrayal of something as ideal; "the idealization of rural life was very misleading"; something that exists only as an idea; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

snow job collapse: a long and elaborate misrepresentation

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

avid collapse: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports fan"; "a great walker"; "an eager beaver"; (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"

self-deception collapse: a misconception that is favorable to the person who holds it

yearning collapse

escapist collapse: a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

utopian collapse: an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"; characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection; "the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized the utopian nature of his hopes"; of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; "a Utopian novel"

entrapment collapse: a defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials

sublimation collapse: (psychology) modifying the natural expression of an impulse or instinct (especially a sexual one) to one that is socially acceptable; (chemistry) a change directly from the solid to the gaseous state without becoming liquid

circumvention collapse: the act of evading by going around

wish fulfillment collapse

daydream collapse: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked out the window, daydreaming"

dereism collapse

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