suspension of disbelief
Noun
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Noun
suspension of disbelief (uncountable)
- People's acceptance, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art.
- In science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is essential.
- willing suspension of disbelief
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