make-believe
noun[U]
disapprovinguk/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/us/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/believingorimaginingthings thatappearto beattractiveorexciting, but are notreal:
Theidealof aperfectlyfairsocietyis just make-believe.
Helivesin aworldofmake-believe/make-believeworld.
imaginary
- imaginaryOur daughter had an imaginary friend when she was six.
- made-upThe comedian started with some obviously made-up stories about hanging out with the Queen.
- make-believeSome politicians seem to live in a make-believe world where everything revolves around their interests.
- non-existentThese accounts are used to sell fake or non-existent goods.
- fantasticHer books were filled with magicians and fantastic creatures.
Unreal things and unreality
- birther
- cloud cuckoo land
- delusion
- delusional
- dummy
- false hopes
- falsity
- fantasy
- fictionalization
- figment
- la-la land
- never-never land
- non-fact
- non-factual
- parallel universe
- pie
- pie in the skyidiom
- unreality
- untruth
- Wayback Machine