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artifice
/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
2ADJ.
simple, ultimate, ultimate
PREP.
without
Definitions
noun
1
A crafty but underhanded deception.
The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion.
2
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, where some level of artifice is built into the format.
3
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4
A tactical move to gain advantage.
5
Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
verb
1
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.
Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,
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Synonyms
noun — a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The notion that consequence can be as easily managed as PR is the ultimate artifice and the ultimate delusion.
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The heightened worlds of darkly comedic satire and soapy high-school romance make it easy enough to roll with unrealistic casting choices—and that goes for stage musicals, too, where some level of art
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The Creator has so cunningly endowed our bodies that there is no labor to be done, no skill in artificing or fashioning the metals, that is beyond our reach.
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Some of the greatest artists of their day either furnished designs or with their own hands artificed ornaments for domestic use,
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Splints and slings, already described, are easily artificed out of small saplings or from stiff bark.
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Religion is very personal. Practically everyone has really his own religion. Collectivity in religion is an artifice.
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