English-German translation for "wishful"

"wishful" German translation

Doch wird sich die europäische Schuldenkrise nicht durch Wunschdenken in Luft auflösen.
But the European debt crisis will not disappear into thin air by virtue of wishful thinking.
Source: News-Commentary
Wunschdenken, so scheint es, fällt leichter, als die Mängel in ihrem Ansatz zur Kenntnis zu nehmen.
Wishful thinking, it seems, is easier than acknowledging the flaws in their approach.
Source: News-Commentary
Aus Erfahrungen wird man klug und nicht aus Wunschdenken.
Empiricism is wiser than wishful thinking.
Source: Europarl
Hier ist der Wunsch Vater des Gedanken; mit der Realität hat dies jedoch nichts zu tun.
That is wishful thinking that bears no relation to reality.
Source: Europarl
Aber die Wähler gaben diesem Wunschdenken nicht nach.
But the electorate did not succumb to wishful thinking.
Source: News-Commentary
Doch selbst dabei könnte es sich um Wunschdenken handeln.
But even that may be wishful thinking.
Source: News-Commentary
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