make-believe

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Or was Hume actually right and it's all make-believe?

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Quick take

imaginative intellectual play

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of make-believe gathered in one view.

noun

imaginative intellectual play

noun

the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

adjective

imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for make-believe.

noun

imaginative intellectual play

noun

the enactment of a pretense; "it was just pretend"

adjective

imagined as in a play; "the make-believe world of theater"; "play money"; "dangling their legs in the water to catch pretend fish"

Example sentences

Or was Hume actually right and it's all make-believe?

Your customers will notice it and feel their son just substituted their real credit cards for make-believe ones.

I get that it's his "thing" to post a lot of stuff about his make-believe success story, but you simply don't post what three people are supposed to be motivated by on the Internet.

Or for some independent blogger with too much time on his or her hands?I wish people would consider reality rather than some make-believe world that does not exist when thinking about patents.

> this should be transported into criminal charges brought against the make-believe CEOs behind the shell companiesAh, but the original proposal was for individuals to file lawsuits.