suspension of disbelief

collocation in English

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suspension
noun
uk
/səˈspen.ʃən/us
/səˈspen.ʃən/
the act of stopping something happening, operating, etc. for a period ...
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disbelief
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdɪs.bɪˈliːf/us
/ˌdɪs.bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of not being able to believe that something is true ...
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(Definition ofsuspensionanddisbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By 1932 the tale had been told too many times to hold claim to an audience'ssuspensionofdisbelief.
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No one imagined otherwise, for there were none of the narcotic strategies of modern theatre to encourage thatsuspensionofdisbeliefso familiar to us.
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Nonetheless, making rules for thesuspensionofdisbeliefis dangerous.
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This swift death helps maintain asuspensionofdisbelief.
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Yet we believe that this tension is manageable because of the human capacity of "temporarysuspensionofdisbelief" manifested during treatment by both therapists and patients.
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I will not therefore be supporting this report as it relies so heavily on thesuspensionofdisbelief.
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That is the result not of asuspensionofdisbeliefbut of very careful analysis.
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He started in his usual beguiling way by inviting us all to have a willingsuspensionofdisbelief.
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The willingsuspensionofdisbeliefwas, after all, an important aspect of my theatrical career.
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My concern is that to accept the new clause or to pretend that we know what it means we must also have a willingsuspensionofdisbelief.
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This was a totalsuspensionofdisbelief.
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Such errors in continuity can ruin the illusion of realism and affectsuspensionofdisbelief.
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Rubber science explanations are fictional but sound convincing enough to avoid upsetting thesuspensionofdisbelief.
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To promote the willingsuspensionofdisbelief, a fictional text needed to have credibility.
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The show however, remains workable primarily based onsuspensionofdisbelief.
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Suspensionofdisbeliefoften applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, fantasy, and horror genres.
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Aesthetic philosophers generally reject claims thatsuspensionofdisbeliefaccurately characterizes the relationship between people and fictions.
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Pre-rendered scenes can require more digital storage space, weakensuspensionofdisbeliefthrough contrast with real-time animation of normal gameplay, and limit interaction.
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Tolkien argues thatsuspensionofdisbeliefis only necessary when the work has failed to create secondary belief.
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