Synonyms for Artifice

Synonyms for "artifice" (235 found)

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means to an end measure move one upmanship one-upmanship originality overelaboration overelegance overniceness overrefinement pass pettifoggery pettifogging pis aller play plot plotting ploy prat preciosity preciousness pretence pretentiousness proficiency purism quickness racket rascality readiness red herring resort resource resourcefulness rigging satanic cunning scheme schemery scheming scurvy trick shake up shake-up sharp practice sharpness shift shiftiness shrewdness skill skulduggery sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick slipperiness slyness sneakiness solution sophistry stall stealth stealthiness step stopgap stratagem strategy stroke stroke of policy subterfuge subtilty subtleness subtlety supercherie suppleness tactic temporary expedient trap treachery trick trickery trickiness trump two-facedness underhand dealing underhandedness underplot unnaturalness wariness web of intrigue wile wiles wiliness wily device wire pulling wire-pulling wit working hypothesis working proposition

Verb(1 words)

make

Noun(1 words)

ruse

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries

maneuver manoeuvre tactical maneuver tactical manoeuvre

Synonyms

1 entries

ruse

Related terms

1 entries

artificial

related to

19 entries

advantage art artful artificial capture clever construct contrivance crafty deception detection ingenious maneuver ruse skill strategic

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Translations

37 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

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хитрина noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Catalan

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artifici noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Czech

2 entries

lest noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)
trik noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)

Esperanto

2 entries

artifiko noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
artifiko noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)

French

2 entries

artifice noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
feinte noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

German

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Kunstgriff noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)

Hungarian

4 entries

csalafintaság noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
csel noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)
cselfogás noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)
cselszövés noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Ido

1 entries

artifico noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Lithuanian

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gudrybė noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Old Norse

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vél noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

اورند noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
حیله noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
صنعت noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)

Portuguese

2 entries

artifício noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
artimanha noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Romanian

1 entries

artificiu noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

lukavstvo noun (crafty but underhanded deception)
smicalica noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Spanish

1 entries

artificio noun (crafty but underhanded deception)

Swedish

1 entries

konstgrepp noun (a trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse)

Sample sentences

9 total sentences available.

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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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The language of truth must be, with no doubt, simple and without artifice.

Source: tatoeba (6130342)

Sexologists describe a gradual range between "pure" heterosexuality and "pure" homosexuality. In graphs, sexologists know that most people are situated in the middle bisexual range. The "gay-straight" artifice paradigm is reinforced by Abrahamic culture.

Source: tatoeba (10655161)

There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.

Source: tatoeba (11789339)

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Artifice