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artifice::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ruse |
| Type of | maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre |
Examples of artifice
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Authenticity, of course, sometimes needs to be enhanced by a dollop of artifice.
From the time.com
It is a fraud, it is artifice, like a 3D caricature or cartoon that comes alive.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Barth's response was to exalt artifice and make telling the subject of the tale.
From the time.com
It took some getting used to, to be surrounded all the time by all this artifice.
From the ocregister.com
Much admired on its release in 1987, it always did have the artifice of a play.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The results of human artifice are one thing, the effects of nature are another.
From the time.com
Recycling and mutability are of course the stock and trade of Hollywood artifice.
From the latimes.com
You're always trying to free yourself of the artifice, which is really difficult.
From the smh.com.au
They're about conveying truthful human emotion in the artifice of the theater.
From the denverpost.com
- Ruse: a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
- Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification, and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs that are not true, or not the whole truth (as in half-truths or omission). Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, sleight of hand. It can employ distraction, camouflage or concealment. ...
- A crafty but underhanded deception; a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse; a strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture; a tactical move to gain advantage
- (n) : a cunning, trick
