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What (who) is artifice - definition
artifice
['?:t?f?s]
¦ noun clever devices or expedients, especially to trick or deceive others.
Origin
ME (in the sense 'workmanship'): from OFr., from L. artificium, based on ars 'art' + facere 'make'.
artifice
(artifices)
Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices. (FORMAL)
Weegee's photographs are full of artfulness, and artifice.
N-VAR
artifice
n.
1.
Contrivance, invention, effort, art.
2.
Cunning, deceit, deception, imposture, fraud, trickery, device, duplicity, guile, subtlety, finesse, stratagem, shift, trick, subterfuge, wile, ruse, doubling, Machiavelism, diplomacy, machination, cheat, shuffle, double-dealing, dodge (colloq.), hocus-pocus, crafty device, artful contrivance.
Wikipedia
Artifice
Artifice was a nonprofit literary magazine based in Chicago, Illinois, that existed between 2009 and 2017.
Examples of use of artifice
1. Huysmanss ŔRebours, a hymn to artifice in general, would not exist without this specific artifice.
2. Huysmanss Rebours, a hymn to artifice in general, would not exist without this specific artifice.
3. Power, artifice, intimidation: Those are also common.
4. That process involved, paradoxically, considerable artifice.
5. Such short–sighted artifice can never work in this bright world.