contrivance
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8.1
- noun
- /kənˈtraɪvəns/
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artimaña
- Governments is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.
Examples
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Panofsky knew very well that cognitive distance was a cultural contrivance that overcame the subjective, "interested" distortions of memory.
Academic text (2005) -
It is rare that a single contrivance has such a profound social effect.
Academic text (2009) -
Have we gone from being a nation of laws to a nation of silly notions and politically correct contrivances?
Blog text (21) -
But the rioting that has unfolded, perhaps with the regime's contrivance, has given Egyptians a clear picture of chaos.
Academic text (2011) -
The negotiators use elegant contrivances of wording, about which everybody congratulates themselves.
Academic text (2000) -
Hence, the active recruitment search for particular members and the careful planning that went into the attempt to put us together (whereby the intergovernability ideal is exposed as contrivance).
Academic text (2007) -
Whence arises this uniformity in all their outward shapes but from the counsel and contrivance of an author?
Academic text (1990) -
The secret plan he devised was just another contrivance to manipulate the election results.
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Her story about winning the lottery seemed like a mere contrivance to gain sympathy from her friends.
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They created a clever contrivance to sneak past the security guards during the heist.
Synonyms
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8.2
A secret plan to trick or cheat people
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5.5
A secret plan by a group to do something illegal or harmful
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7.7
A clever trick to deceive someone
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9.5
A trick or excuse to hide the real reason
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9.3
A secret, clever plan to harm or trick others
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4.3
A plan people keep secret to do something wrong
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8.1
A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
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8.5
A clever plan to trick someone and gain an advantage
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6.3
An invented story or plan made to trick people
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5.0
A clever way to trick someone to get what you want
A clever but dishonest plan to gain an advantage
The act of making a new plan or idea
Antonyms
How Deceitful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Contrivance comes from the verb contrive, which means 'to plan' or 'to invent'. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of a plan made on purpose, so a contrivance can be a clever or deceitful plan to hide the truth.