 make-believe |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (psychology) imaginative intellectual play | |
| Synonyms: | pretence pretense | |
| Related terms: | imagination | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] imagined as in a play | |
| Synonyms: | play pretend | |
| Examples: | "the make-believe world of theater" "play money" "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish" |
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| Related terms: | unreal | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the enactment of a pretense | |
| Synonyms: | pretend | |
| Examples: | "it was just pretend" |
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| Related terms: | pretense make | |
| Similar spelling: |
make_believe misbelieve |
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