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Noun Concept
Categories: Plot (narrative), Narratology, Articles with short description, 1817 introductions, Fiction
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suspension of disbelief  Canon-puncturing  Canon puncturing  secondary belief  suspend disbelief
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Suspension of disbelief is the avoidance—often described as willing—of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality, such as something in a work of speculative fiction, in order to believe it for the sake of enjoying its narrative. Wikipedia
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Suspension of disbelief is the avoidance—often described as willing—of critical thinking and logic in understanding something that is unreal or impossible in reality, such as something in a work of speculative fiction, in order to believe it for the sake of enjoying its narrative. Wikipedia
The intentional avoidance of critical thinking or logic in examining a work of fiction Wikipedia Disambiguation
Willingness to suspend one's critical faculties and believe something surreal; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Intentional avoiding logical thinking when dealing with a piece of work for the sake of enjoyment Wikidata
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Canon-puncturing, Canon puncturing, secondary belief, suspend disbelief, Suspended disbelief, Suspense of disbelief, Suspension of belief, Suspension of reality, Suspention of disbelief, willing suspension of disbelief, Willing suspention of disbelief
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willing suspension of disbelief

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