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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Imaginary; not real; pretend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, sometimes
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noun
The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, sometimes, uncountable
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noun
The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, sometimes, uncountable
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noun
Something imaginary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, countable, sometimes
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adjective satellite
imagined as in a play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pretend
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the enactment of a pretense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: pretend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
noun
imaginative intellectual play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pretense, pretence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery
History
Deverbal from make believe.
