Artifice synonyms

är'tə-fĭs

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vulgarity (related)
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wile
The definition of a wile is a trick or seducing behavior.
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ruse
The definition of a ruse is a trick.
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trick (related)
An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
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cunning (related)
Skill or adeptness in execution or performance; dexterity.
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deceit
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
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guile
The definition of guile is slyness shown in a charming way.
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stratagem
A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation.
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truthfulness (antonym)
The quality of being truthful
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honor (antonym)
Chastity or purity
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reality (antonym)
The state of being actual or real.
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honesty (antonym)
(--- Obs.) Honor
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frankness (antonym)
The state of being frank; candour; honesty.
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candor (antonym)
Purity; innocence
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openness (antonym)
hoax; clever act
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ingenuousness (antonym)
The condition of being ingenuous
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sincerity (antonym)
The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
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innocence (antonym)
Lack of understanding about sensitive subjects such as sexuality and crime.
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deception
Deception is defined as an untrue falsehood, or is the act of lying to or tricking someone.
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gimmick
Anything that tricks or mystifies; deceptive or secret device
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ploy
An action or maneuver intended to outwit or disconcert another person
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art
(Countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
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craft
Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.
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honest (related)
Deceitful cleverness
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means (related)
(Uncountable, plural only) Resources; riches.
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artificiality (related)
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superficiality (related)
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mystification (related)
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banality (related)
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affectation (related)
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conceit (related)
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theatricality (related)
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subterfuge (related)
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insincerity (related)
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skill
An art, trade, or technique, particularly one requiring use of the hands or body:
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ingenuity
An ingenious or imaginative contrivance.
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inventiveness
The quality of being inventive; the faculty of inventing.
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dishonesty (related)
(Uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
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ability (related)
A skill, talent, or capacity:
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Skill
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cageyness
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chicanery
The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings
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diplomacy
Diplomacy is defined as the skill for dealing with people effectively in a positive way including the foreign relations with other countries.
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finesse
A method of leading up to a tenace, as in bridge, in order to prevent an opponent from winning the trick with an intermediate card.
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hoax
Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.
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intrigue
The definition of an intrigue is something that is done secretly through plotting.
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machination
An artful or secret plot or scheme, esp. one with evil intent
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subtlety
(Countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
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inability (antonym)
Lack of the ability to do something; incapability
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incapacity (antonym)
The lack of a capacity; an inability
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uncleverness (antonym)
skill, cleverness
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artlessness (antonym)
The state or quality of being innocent; naivete
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simplicity (antonym)
Artlessness of mind; freedom from cunning or duplicity; lack of acuteness and sagacity.
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device
The definition of a device is a tool or technique used to do a task.
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dodge
A clever or resourceful device, plan, etc.
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feint
A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose.
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imposture
The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating.
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jig
The definition of a jig is an energetic folk dance, or a template used with a saw for woodworking.
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maneuver
A movement or combination of movements involving skill and dexterity:
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sleight
Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
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shenanigan
(Uncountable) Trickery, games; skulduggery. To "call", "claim" or "declare" shenanigans is to rhetorically label something as officially deceitful, improper, or otherwise incorrect.
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take-in
The act or an instance of swindling or cheating; a deception.
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artfulness
The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.
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craftiness
Skill in deception, slyness
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foxiness
The characteristic or quality of being foxy
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slyness
(Countable) The result or product of being sly.
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chouse
(West) To herd (cattle) roughly
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connivery
Plotting, scheming
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dodgery
(Rare) trickery
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ficelle
A long, very narrow loaf of French bread.
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schemery
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supercherie
(Now chiefly in French contexts) Deception, deceit; an instance of fraud. [from 17th c.]
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underplot
A subplot; a plot that is not the main plot of a story.
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Artifice Sentence Examples

  • Gibbon's stylistic artifice both averted the peril of prosecution and rendered the attack more telling.

  • In this he succeeded, though not without a good deal of artifice, more creditable to his ingenuity than to his virtue.

  • It is poetic artifice and not nature that is the key term here.

  • The dominating milieu in which we live is a technical artifice.

  • But Louis XVI.s reign (1774-1792) was only to be a temporary halting-place, an artifice of history for passing through the transition period whilst elaborating the transformation which was to revolutionize, together with France, the whole world.

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