suspend one's disbelief

suspend one's disbelief

English

Verb

suspend one's disbelief (third-person singular simple present suspends one's disbelief, present participle suspending one's disbelief, simple past and past participle suspended one's disbelief)

1. (idiomatic) To willingly accept the premise of a story or work of art, usually for the sake of enjoying it.

   Although the novel was quite far-fetched, I was willing to suspend my disbelief.

Translations

willingly accept the premise of a story

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: heittää ennakkoluulot sivuun

Polish: świadome zawieszenie sceptycyzmu Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• suspension of disbelief