1. Imagined as in a play
   "the make-believe world of theatre"
   - pretend

1. Imaginative intellectual play
   - pretense [N. Amer], pretence [Brit, Cdn] 
2. The enactment of a pretence
   - pretend

1. Represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
   - make, pretend

Derived forms: makes believe, make-believes, made believe, making believe

See also: unreal

Type of: act, feigning, imagery, imagination, imaging, mental imagery, play, pretence [Brit, Cdn], pretending, pretense [N. Amer], represent, simulation

Encyclopedia: Make believe

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