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make-believe

/ˈmeɪk bəˌliːv/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about make-believe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Imaginative intellectual play.
  2. The enactment of a pretense.
    it was just pretend

adjective

  1. Imagined as in a play.
    the make-believe world of theater

Origin

Deverbal from make believe.

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