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Make-believe

//ˈmeɪk bəˌliːv// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Imaginary; not real; pretend. childish, sometimes

    "He called himself Lord So-and-So, even had his family crest on the wall, but it was all totally make-believe."

Adjective
  1. 1
    imagined as in a play wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not. childish, sometimes, uncountable

    "Come on, come on, I go up and down / I like this curious feeling / I know, I see, it's like make believe / Cover your ears so you can hear what I'm saying"

  2. 2
    the enactment of a pretense wordnet
  3. 3
    The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are. childish, sometimes, uncountable
  4. 4
    imaginative intellectual play wordnet
  5. 5
    Something imaginary. childish, countable, sometimes

    "‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Marjorie Lindon, to even think such nonsense. Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings,—you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded! A pretty sort you are to do battle for anyone.—Why, they’re only make-believes!’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from make believe.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from make believe.

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