used to refer to ideas that lack substance or validity and require unquestioning support: named after the character in J M Barrie’s Peter Pan who returned from near death because of the audience’s belief in herThe Tinkerbell effect is an expression describing things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.
Over the last few years, what one might term the Tinkerbell Theory of Politics has played an increasingly prominent role in national debate.
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United Kingdom on 15/06/2018