"make-believe" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from make believe.",
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        "The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not."
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        "(uncountable) The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not."
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        "The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are."
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        "(uncountable) The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are."
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          "text": "‘You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Marjorie Lindon, to even think such nonsense. Are you all nerves and morbid imaginings,—you who have prided yourself on being so strong-minded! A pretty sort you are to do battle for anyone.—Why, they’re only make-believes!’",
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        "Something imaginary."
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        "(countable) Something imaginary."
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        "The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not."
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        "(uncountable) The quality or act of pretending; acting as if something is true when in fact one knows it is not."
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        "The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are."
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        "(uncountable) The condition of pretending or imagining that things are better than they really are."
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        "Something imaginary."
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        "(countable) Something imaginary."
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      "word": "make believe"
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