Suspension of disbelief
phrase
a willingness to suspend one’s critical faculties and believe the unbelievable; sacrifice of realism and logic for the sake of enjoyment
Word Origin
coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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plural noun, Printing. 1. a series of periods used as an ellipsis.
- Suspensive
adjective 1. pertaining to or characterized by suspension. 2. undecided in mind. 3. pertaining to or characterized by suspense. 4. (of words, phrases, etc.) characterized by or expressing suspense; keeping the reader or listener in suspense. 5. having the effect of suspending the operation of something. adjective 1. having the power of deferment; effecting suspension […]
- Suspensoid
noun, Physical Chemistry. 1. a sol having a solid disperse phase. noun 1. (chem) a system consisting of a suspension of solid particles in a liquid suspensoid sus·pen·soid (sə-spěn’soid’) n. A colloid solution in which the disperse particles are solid and remain sharply demarcated from the fluid in which they are suspended.
- Suspensor
noun 1. a suspensory ligament, bandage, etc. 2. Botany. a cellular structure, developed along with the embryo in seed-bearing plants, that bears the embryo at its apex and by elongation carries the embryo to its food source. noun 1. another name for suspensory (sense 1) 2. (botany) (in a seed) a row of cells attached […]
- Suspensory
noun, plural suspensories. 1. a supporting bandage, muscle, ligament, etc. adjective 2. serving as a suspensory. 3. suspending the operation of something. noun (pl) -ries 1. (anatomy) Also called suspensor. a ligament or muscle that holds a structure or part in position 2. (med) a bandage, sling, etc, for supporting a dependent part 3. another […]