a world of make-believe
noun phrase
: an unreal world : a state of believing things that are not true
He has been living in a world of make-believe.
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My caption for the photographs returned the reader to what is the work of fiction, a certain play, creating a world of make-believe.
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Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
Fantasyland Fantasia might seem like a world of make-believe, but the dangers are all too real when the Nothing threatens the realm of enchantment.
—Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 22 June 2023
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Hazlitt, 28 Feb. 2024
Fantasyland Fantasia might seem like a world of make-believe, but the dangers are all too real when the Nothing threatens the realm of enchantment.
—Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 22 June 2023
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“A world of make-believe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20world%20of%20make-believe. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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