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Suspension of disbelief

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Noun
  1. 1
    The acceptance of people, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art. uncountable, usually

    "In science fiction films, suspension of disbelief is essential."

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Coined by English poet, literary critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817.

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