"willing suspension of disbelief" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: willing suspensions of disbelief [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|willing suspensions of disbelief}} willing suspension of disbelief (usually uncountable, plural willing suspensions of disbelief)
  1. A suspension of disbelief. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-willing_suspension_of_disbelief-en-noun-AXuhzqgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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