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The meaning of ARTIFICE is clever or artful skill : ingenuity. How to use artifice in a sentence. The Difference Between Art and Artifice Synonym Discussion of Artifice.
noun. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile. Synonyms: subterfuge. trickery; guile; craftiness. Synonyms: duplicity, art, deceit, deception. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance. a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient. artifice. / ˈɑːtɪfɪs / noun.
Add to word list. (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive: Amazingly for Hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice. Synonym. ruse. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Lies, lying & hypocrisy. a pack of lies idiom. bad faith.
noun [ C or U ] formal uk / ˈɑː.tɪ.fɪs / us / ˈɑːr.t̬ə.fɪs / Add to word list. (the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive: Amazingly for Hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice. Synonym. ruse. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Lies, lying & hypocrisy. a pack of lies idiom. bad faith. black is white idiom.
artifice. /ˈɑrdəfəs/ /ˈɑtɪfɪs/ IPA guide. Other forms: artifices. If a politician pretends to be angry as a way of rousing the anger of the voters and getting more votes, he's guilty of artifice — a subtle and crafty trick. Before taking on its current meaning, artifice meant a skilled piece of workmanship.
noun. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile. trickery; guile; craftiness. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness: a drawing-room comedy crafted with artifice and elegance. a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient. See more.
noun. Deception or trickery. The purchaser believed that the product was new only by artifice of the seller. American Heritage. Skill or ingenuity. Webster's New World. Something contrived or made up to achieve an end, especially by deceiving; a stratagem or ruse. American Heritage. A clever expedient.
