Meaning of MAKE-BELIEVE
| Pronunciation: | | meyk bi'leev
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- [n] the enactment of a pretense
- [n] imaginative intellectual play
- [adj] imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"
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| | Synonyms: | | play(a), pretence, pretend, pretense, unreal |
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| | See Also: | | feigning, imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation | |
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\Make"-be*lieve`\, n.
A feigning to believe, as in the play of children; a mere
pretense; a fiction; an invention. ``Childlike
make-believe.'' --Tylor.
To forswear self-delusion and make-believe. --M.
Arnold.
\Make"-be*lieve`\, a.
Feigned; insincere. ``Make-believe reverence.''
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