What does artifice mean?

Definitions for artifice
ˈɑr tə fɪsar·ti·fice

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ruse, artificenoun

    a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Wiktionary

  1. artificenoun

    A crafty but underhanded deception.

  2. artificenoun

    A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.

  3. artificenoun

    A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.

  4. artificenoun

    A tactical move to gain advantage.

  5. Etymology: From artifice < artificium.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Artificenoun

    Etymology: artificium, Lat.

    It needs no legends, no service in an unknown tongue; none of all these laborious artifices of ignorance; none of all these cloaks and coverings. South.

Wikipedia

  1. Artifice

    Artifice was a nonprofit literary magazine based in Chicago, Illinois, that existed between 2009 and 2017.

ChatGPT

  1. artifice

    Artifice generally refers to clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others. It can also refer to the skill or ingenuity in creating or employing such devices or strategies. In a broader sense, it can mean technical skill or artistry.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Artificenoun

    a handicraft; a trade; art of making

  2. Artificenoun

    workmanship; a skillfully contrived work

  3. Artificenoun

    artful or skillful contrivance

  4. Artificenoun

    crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

  5. Etymology: [L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice.]

Wikidata

  1. Artifice

    Founded in 2009, Artifice Magazine is a quarterly nonprofit literary magazine based in Chicago, Illinois which showcases fiction, non-fiction and poetry that is "aware of its own artifice." Its founding editor and current editor-in-chief is James Tadd Adcox. The goal of the publication is to trace the postmodern literary movement which originated in the 1960s and is influencing literary work today. In 2011 Artifice Magazine was awarded a City of Chicago Community Arts Assistance Program Grant. In 2010, Artifice was awarded the Best Submission Guidelines by Philistine Press for the Artifice wishlist," which requests such submissions as "3 of the saddest sentences ever written," "1 geometrical proof," "2 fits, 2 starts," "4 labyrinths created using parentheses, footnotes, endnotes, etc," and "something that includes a Greek chorus." The magazine is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Small Presses. Artifice Magazine is a division of Artifice Books, a small press. Artifice Books' first project, released in 2012, was "EXITS ARE," an e-book by Mike Meginnis, published in conjunction with Uncanny Valley.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Artifice

    art′i-fis, n. artificer's work: a contrivance: a trick or fraud.—n. Artif′icer, a workman: an inventor.—adj. Artificial (ärt-i-fish′yal), made by art: not natural: cultivated: not indigenous: feigned: not natural in manners, affected.—v.t. and v.i. Artific′ialise, to render artificial.—ns. Artificial′ity, Artific′ialness.—adv. Artific′ially. [L. artificiumartifex, -ficis, an artificer—ars, artis, and facĕre, to make.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. artifice

    Among the French, is understood as comprehending everything which enters the composition of fire-works, as the sulphur, saltpetre, charcoal, etc. See Pyrotechnics.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of artifice in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of artifice in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of artifice in a Sentence

  1. W. Somerset Maugham:

    To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.

  2. Patrick McHenry:

    Her projection of strength is a bit of an artifice.

  3. Alexis Rodrguez-Duarte:

    They have a wonderful collaborative relationship that creates beautiful photographs, they work at the intersection of fashion and portraiture and conjure a special mix of artifice…Through this collection people will see the range of contributions Cuban-Americans have made to this society.

  4. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    As philosophers tread the path where circuits intertwine with consciousness, the specter of machine sentience challenges not only our ethical compass but forces us to reconsider the sanctity of consciousness, questioning whether it is an exclusive birthright of biology or a frontier open to the artifice of silicon minds.

  5. Gabrid Garcia Marquez:

    The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burdens of the past.

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