artifice
IPA: ˈɑrtʌfɪs
noun
- 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.
- (archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
verb
- To construct by means of skill or specialised art
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Examples of "artifice" in Sentences
- The art is in hiding the artifice.
- He wanted artifice in his landscape.
- That kind of artifice is not necessary.
- This is an artifice, and it is not foolproof.
- Artifice is the result of a deliberate intent to make.
- It is bound to offend the partisans of deceit and artifice.
- It involved an aesthetic of artifice rather than of nature.
- Their schemes to maintain the artifice provide the impetus for the film.
- Building artifice upon misapprehension is assuredly not the way forward.
- It was the largest congregation of magic and artifice in Dominaria at the time.
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