suspension of disbelief

== English == === Etymology === Coined by English poet, literary critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817. === Noun === suspension of disbelief (usually uncountable, plural suspensions of disbelief) The acceptance of people, for the sake of appreciation of art (including literature and the like), of what they know to be a nonfactual premise of the work of art. ==== Synonyms ==== willing suspension of disbelief ==== Related terms ==== suspend one's disbelief ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === suspension of disbelief on Wikipedia.Wikipedia