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- DictionaryCon·triv·ance/kənˈtrīv(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. the use of skill to bring something about or create something: "the requirements of the system, by happy chance and some contrivance, can be summed up in an acronym"
- 2. a device, especially in literary or artistic composition, which gives a sense of artificiality: "the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction"