magical thinking
1Magical thinking — For the book, see Magical Thinking (book). Magical thinking is causal reasoning that looks for correlation between acts or utterances and certain events. In religion, folk religion, and superstition, the correlation posited is between religious… …
2Magical Thinking (book) — Magical Thinking   Author(s) Augusten Burroughs …
3magical thinking — thinking characterized by the belief that thinking or wishing something can cause it to occur; it is normal in childhood and dreams but also occurs in schizophrenia and other mental disorders …
4magical thinking — a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, esp. obsessive compulsive disorder. * * * …
5magical thinking — a conviction that thinking is equivalent to doing, occurring in dreams, the thought patterns of children, and some types of mental disorders, esp. obsessive compulsive disorder …
6The Year of Magical Thinking — Infobox Book name = The Year of Magical Thinking title orig = translator = image caption = 2005 Knopf cover author = Joan Didion illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Memoir publisher = Knopf… …
7Magical creatures (Harry Potter) — Magical creatures comprise a colourful and integral aspect of the wizarding world in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling. Throughout the seven books of the series, Harry and his friends encounter many of these creatures on their adventures,… …
8Magical beast (Dungeons & Dragons) — In the Dungeons Dragons fantasy role playing game, magical beast is a type of creature, or creature type . Magical beasts are similar to animals in many ways, but usually have a higher intelligence, and possess supernatural or extraordinary… …
9Magical Stela — The Magical Stela is part of the Egyptian Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art located in New York City. The stela dates to the thirtieth dynasty around 380 342 B.C. during the reign of Nectanebo II. The province from which the stela… …
10thinking — The act of reasoning. abstract t. t. in terms of concepts and general principles ( e.g., perceiving a table and a chair as furniture), as contrasted with concrete t.. archaic paralogical t. SYN: prelogical t.. concrete t. t. of objects or ideas… …
