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What does suspension of disbelief mean?

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Noun
  1. People's acceptance, 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.
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My goal is to achieve suspension of disbelief.
The film may not be as elegant as the previous financial procedurals, and Costa-Gavras' brief forays into cinematic trickery threaten our suspension of disbelief.
In fact, like any kind of entertainment, it requires a willing suspension of disbelief to make it work at all.
Willing suspension of disbelief is, of course, often a prerequisite at the theater.
The slightest error between shots will break the audiences' suspension of disbelief and draw attention away from your content to the flaws in the video.
Doesn't mean he cannot swash or buckle or both, but it will require additional suspension of disbelief, particularly if he has a fistfight with some muscled-up 20-year old.

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