Suspension of disbelief is an
aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art. It was coined by the poet and aesthetic philosopher
Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817 to refer to what he called "dramatic truth". It refers to the alleged willingness of a reader or viewer to accept as true the premises of a work of
fiction, even if they are fantastic, impossible, or otherwise contradictory to "
reality". It also refers to the willingness of the audience to overlook the limitations of a medium, so that these do not interfere with the acceptance of those premises. According to the theory, suspension of disbelief is a
quid pro quo: the audience tacitly agrees to provisionally suspend their judgment in exchange for the promise of entertainment.
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