make-believe world

collocation in English

meaningsofmake-believeandworld

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make-believe
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/us
/ˈmeɪk.bɪˌliːv/
believing or imagining things that appear to be attractive or exciting, but are ...
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world
noun
uk
/wɜːld/us
/wɝːld/
the earth and all the people, places, and things ...
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(Definition ofmake-believeandworldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They are trying to con the electorate into believing that if they were in office, we would be in amake-believeworld.
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This is themake-believeworldof total unreality.
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Of course, it is amake-believeworld, but it is a violent one.
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He seems to live in a curiousmake-believeworldwhich does not recognise that local government has to be paid for.
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Our task in the world today—it is not amake-believeworld—is to understand the desires and aspirations of ordinary folk.
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Instead, he lives in amake-believeworld.
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I recognise that the devaluation of the green pound would involve higher prices for the consumer, but we cannot go on living indefinitely in themake-believeworldof cheap food.
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A playwright must be in touch with the realities behind ourmake-believeworld.
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She often withdraws into hermake-believeworldin order to avoid reality.
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The wholemake-believeworldhas to have some basis in reality.
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She is someone who lives completely isolated in thismake-believeworld.
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Theirmake-believeworldis generally like the adult world, filled with belief in magic and miracles.
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The vanity of themake-believeworldof cinema, the loss of self and the love and the ensuing hurt all teach you enduring life lessons and touch you deeply...
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