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Word | Artifice |
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) / A handicraft / deception; trickery / clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others. / dishonest or insincere behavior or speech that is meant to deceive someone, | |
Usage | ⇒ Pretending to be ill was her artifice ⇒ The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and artifice were often more effective than military might. ⇒ He spoke without artifice or pretense. ⇒ artifice and outright fakery |
Synonyms | stratagem, trick, ruse, deception, subterfuge, wile, manoeuvre, device, ploy, trickery, dodge, machination, contrivance, intrigue, scheme, deceit, plot, chicanery, duplicity, cunning, |
Antonyms | honesty, candor, innocence, openness, sincerity, truthfulness, frankness, inability, ingenuousness, simplicity, artlessness, honor, incapacity, integrity, probity, reality, candidness, clumsiness, directness, fairness, |
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