artifice
US /ˈɑ:rtɪfɪs/
・UK /ˈɑ:tɪfɪs/
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n.NounTrick to deceive or fool someone
The documentary highlights Houdini's real life and the artifice of his stunts
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Full Audiobook with Subtitles and Chapters
- This garment hung so loosely on the figure that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.
This garment hung so loosely on the figure that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.
- as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice. Its feet, observable beneath the
as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice. Its feet, observable beneath the
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Audiobook with subtitles and a warm fire. Read by Greg Wagland.
- This garment hung so loosely on the figure that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.
This garment hung so loosely on the figure that its capacious breast was bare, as if disdaining to be warded or concealed by any artifice.
- warded or concealed by any artifice. Its feet, observable beneath the
warded or concealed by any artifice. Its feet, observable beneath the
HISTORY OF IDEAS - Wabi-sabi
- The sprinkling of leaves that fell brought wabi-sabi to the scene, thus the manmade and the natural, artifice and random chance were united in a perfect expression of beauty and wisdom.
The sprinkling of leaves that fell brought wabi-sabi to the scene, thus the manmade and the natural, artifice and random chance were united in a perfect expression of beauty and wisdom.
- thus the manmade and the natural, artifice and random chance
thus the manmade and the natural, artifice and random chance
Inception - Ending Analysis (SPOILER)
- Like there's some big crazy conspiracy, so you know, that might just be the artifice of filmmaking, that Watnabe's people are everywhere when they need to be, right?
Like there's some big crazy conspiracy, so you know, that might just be the artifice of filmmaking, that Watnabe's people are everywhere when they need to be, right?
- crazy conspiracy so you know that might just be the artifice of
crazy conspiracy so you know that might just be the artifice of
How Nathan Fielder Undresses People
- Though the show does make a pretty strong argument that he, too, is unsure of whether there's anything at the core of all these layers of artifice.
Though the show does make a pretty strong argument that he, too, is unsure of whether there's anything at the core of all these layers of artifice.
- Though the show does make a pretty strong argument that he too is unsure of whether there's anything at the core of all these layers of artifice.
Though the show does make a pretty strong argument that he too is unsure of whether there's anything at the core of all these layers of artifice.
TAOISM | The Art of Not Trying
- So they create a deception, an artifice that makes life understandable for humans.
So they create a deception, an artifice that makes life understandable for humans.
- So, they create a deception, an artifice, that makes life understandable for humans.
So, they create a deception, an artifice, that makes life understandable for humans.
When & How to Practice Effective Meditation | Dr. Richard Davidson & Dr. Andrew Huberman
- Yeah, but there's no artifice.
Yeah, but there's no artifice.
- But there's no artifice.
But there's no artifice.
The Most Disturbing Painting
- Here, Goya gives nothing but brute force—its emotion unmediated by artifice.
Here, Goya gives nothing but brute force—its emotion unmediated by artifice.
- Here, Goya gives nothing but brute force—its emotion unmediated by artifice.
Here, Goya gives nothing but brute force—its emotion unmediated by artifice.
How Reese Witherspoon Built Her Legally Blonde, Big Little Lies & The Morning Show Characters
- And then having this, like, chic haircut that required tons of attention and time, it's just creating the artifice of that.
And then having this, like, chic haircut that required tons of attention and time, it's just creating the artifice of that.
- It's just creating the artifice of that.
It's just creating the artifice of that.
Paradise | Season 2, Official Podcast Episode 7 | Hulu
- And so I think now we see the artifice strip away.
And so I think now we see the artifice strip away.
- And so I think now we see the artifice strip away.
And so I think now we see the artifice strip away.