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Make-Believe
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Part of speech: noun (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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Feigned; insincere. "Make-believe reverence." G. Eliot.