Definition of artifice in English:

artifice

noun ˈɑːtɪfɪsˈɑrdəfəs

mass noun

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
an industry dominated by artifice
count noun the style is not free from the artifices of the period
Example sentencesExamples
- Above all, these works set as their priorities artifice and visual pleasure.
- There is no pretense, no artifice, no meaning, other than what you carry out after you've wiped the fiftieth tear of laughter out of your eye.
- Dogme is dedicated to ridding cinema of artifice and superficiality.
- The jury whose votes ultimately decide what's art and what's artifice are, after all, human.
- For some, the synthetic world of artifice and self-promotion that is popular music appears to have an irresistible lure.
- Between the extremes of naturalism and overt artifice there are transitional pieces that combine both modes.
- The purpose of art is not to deny artifice but to manage it so well that it appears inevitable.
- Salgado prettifies through photographic artifice what ought to be shown in its true colors.
- The Fast Runner is a rarity among movies in that it seems completely free of artifice.
- Parker exposes the vanity, artifice and delusion that stand behind these apparently candid books.
- The public meeting has decayed, and what voters see on TV is constructed around artifice and falsehood.
- But Murakami's narration moves along calmly and without clutter or artifice.
- In turning the genre inside out, Godard creates a world in which real emotions resemble artifice.
- He alone supplied the deft and necessary touch of self-conscious theatrical artifice.
- Wenders always wants it both ways: high artifice and incorruptible honesty.
- Fernandez, like many artists before her, engages in a dialogue between artifice and nature.
- With their knowing artifice, the works achieved a stifling kind of perfection.
- The women are collective composites of art and artifice, fact and fiction.
- Whatever the cause, this interview held my interest and seemed free from artifice.
- A master at work, he commands the screen with an effortless ease and a complete lack of artifice or contrivance.
Synonyms
trickery, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craft, craftiness, evasion, slyness, chicanery, intrigue, subterfuge, strategy, bluff, pretence
fraud, fraudulence, sophistry, sharp practice
informal monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, every trick in the book
device, trick, stratagem, ploy, tactic, ruse, scheme, move, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, expedient, wile, dodge
swindle, hoax, fraud, confidence trick
informal con, con trick, set-up, game, scam, sting, gyp, flimflam
British informal wheeze
North American informal bunco, grift
Australian informal lurk, rort
South African informal schlenter
British informal, dated flanker
archaic shift, fetch, rig

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'workmanship'): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- 'art' + facere 'make'.

art from Middle English:
Originally art was simply ‘skill at doing something’. Its use in the modern sense dates from the early 17th century. The word comes from Latin ars, from a base which meant ‘to put together, join, or fit’. There are many related words which stress the more practical roots of the word. These include artefact (early 19th century) from Latin arte factum ‘something made by art’; artifice (Late Middle English) from the same roots; and artisan from the Latin for ‘instructed in the arts’. The phrase art for art's sake conveys the idea that the chief or only aim of a work of art is the self-expression of the artist who creates it. It was the slogan of the Aesthetic Movement, which flourished in England during the 1880s. The Latin version of the phrase, ars gratia artis, is the motto of the film company MGM, and appears around the roaring lion in its famous logo. Art deco, was shortened from French art décoratif ‘decorative art’, from the 1925 Exhibition title Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Latin iners which gives us inert (mid 17th century) and inertia (early 18th century) meant ‘unskilled, inactive’, and was formed as the opposite of ars.

Definition of artifice in US English:

artifice

nounˈɑrdəfəsˈärdəfəs

Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others.
the style is not free from the artifices of the period
artifice and outright fakery
Example sentencesExamples
- Dogme is dedicated to ridding cinema of artifice and superficiality.
- The Fast Runner is a rarity among movies in that it seems completely free of artifice.
- The women are collective composites of art and artifice, fact and fiction.
- The jury whose votes ultimately decide what's art and what's artifice are, after all, human.
- Salgado prettifies through photographic artifice what ought to be shown in its true colors.
- But Murakami's narration moves along calmly and without clutter or artifice.
- For some, the synthetic world of artifice and self-promotion that is popular music appears to have an irresistible lure.
- Above all, these works set as their priorities artifice and visual pleasure.
- Parker exposes the vanity, artifice and delusion that stand behind these apparently candid books.
- A master at work, he commands the screen with an effortless ease and a complete lack of artifice or contrivance.
- With their knowing artifice, the works achieved a stifling kind of perfection.
- In turning the genre inside out, Godard creates a world in which real emotions resemble artifice.
- The public meeting has decayed, and what voters see on TV is constructed around artifice and falsehood.
- The purpose of art is not to deny artifice but to manage it so well that it appears inevitable.
- He alone supplied the deft and necessary touch of self-conscious theatrical artifice.
- Between the extremes of naturalism and overt artifice there are transitional pieces that combine both modes.
- There is no pretense, no artifice, no meaning, other than what you carry out after you've wiped the fiftieth tear of laughter out of your eye.
- Wenders always wants it both ways: high artifice and incorruptible honesty.
- Fernandez, like many artists before her, engages in a dialogue between artifice and nature.
- Whatever the cause, this interview held my interest and seemed free from artifice.
Synonyms
trickery, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craft, craftiness, evasion, slyness, chicanery, intrigue, subterfuge, strategy, bluff, pretence
device, trick, stratagem, ploy, tactic, ruse, scheme, move, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, expedient, wile, dodge

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘workmanship’): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- ‘art’ + facere ‘make’.

单词	artifice
释义	Definition of artifice in English: artifice noun ˈɑːtɪfɪsˈɑrdəfəs mass noun Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others. an industry dominated by artifice count noun the style is not free from the artifices of the period Example sentencesExamples Above all, these works set as their priorities artifice and visual pleasure. There is no pretense, no artifice, no meaning, other than what you carry out after you've wiped the fiftieth tear of laughter out of your eye. Dogme is dedicated to ridding cinema of artifice and superficiality. The jury whose votes ultimately decide what's art and what's artifice are, after all, human. For some, the synthetic world of artifice and self-promotion that is popular music appears to have an irresistible lure. Between the extremes of naturalism and overt artifice there are transitional pieces that combine both modes. The purpose of art is not to deny artifice but to manage it so well that it appears inevitable. Salgado prettifies through photographic artifice what ought to be shown in its true colors. The Fast Runner is a rarity among movies in that it seems completely free of artifice. Parker exposes the vanity, artifice and delusion that stand behind these apparently candid books. The public meeting has decayed, and what voters see on TV is constructed around artifice and falsehood. But Murakami's narration moves along calmly and without clutter or artifice. In turning the genre inside out, Godard creates a world in which real emotions resemble artifice. He alone supplied the deft and necessary touch of self-conscious theatrical artifice. Wenders always wants it both ways: high artifice and incorruptible honesty. Fernandez, like many artists before her, engages in a dialogue between artifice and nature. With their knowing artifice, the works achieved a stifling kind of perfection. The women are collective composites of art and artifice, fact and fiction. Whatever the cause, this interview held my interest and seemed free from artifice. A master at work, he commands the screen with an effortless ease and a complete lack of artifice or contrivance. Synonyms trickery, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craft, craftiness, evasion, slyness, chicanery, intrigue, subterfuge, strategy, bluff, pretence fraud, fraudulence, sophistry, sharp practice informal monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, every trick in the book device, trick, stratagem, ploy, tactic, ruse, scheme, move, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, expedient, wile, dodge swindle, hoax, fraud, confidence trick informal con, con trick, set-up, game, scam, sting, gyp, flimflam British informal wheeze North American informal bunco, grift Australian informal lurk, rort South African informal schlenter British informal, dated flanker archaic shift, fetch, rig Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'workmanship'): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- 'art' + facere 'make'. art from Middle English: Originally art was simply ‘skill at doing something’. Its use in the modern sense dates from the early 17th century. The word comes from Latin ars, from a base which meant ‘to put together, join, or fit’. There are many related words which stress the more practical roots of the word. These include artefact (early 19th century) from Latin arte factum ‘something made by art’; artifice (Late Middle English) from the same roots; and artisan from the Latin for ‘instructed in the arts’. The phrase art for art's sake conveys the idea that the chief or only aim of a work of art is the self-expression of the artist who creates it. It was the slogan of the Aesthetic Movement, which flourished in England during the 1880s. The Latin version of the phrase, ars gratia artis, is the motto of the film company MGM, and appears around the roaring lion in its famous logo. Art deco, was shortened from French art décoratif ‘decorative art’, from the 1925 Exhibition title Exposition des Arts décoratifs in Paris. Latin iners which gives us inert (mid 17th century) and inertia (early 18th century) meant ‘unskilled, inactive’, and was formed as the opposite of ars. Definition of artifice in US English: artifice nounˈɑrdəfəsˈärdəfəs Clever or cunning devices or expedients, especially as used to trick or deceive others. the style is not free from the artifices of the period artifice and outright fakery Example sentencesExamples Dogme is dedicated to ridding cinema of artifice and superficiality. The Fast Runner is a rarity among movies in that it seems completely free of artifice. The women are collective composites of art and artifice, fact and fiction. The jury whose votes ultimately decide what's art and what's artifice are, after all, human. Salgado prettifies through photographic artifice what ought to be shown in its true colors. But Murakami's narration moves along calmly and without clutter or artifice. For some, the synthetic world of artifice and self-promotion that is popular music appears to have an irresistible lure. Above all, these works set as their priorities artifice and visual pleasure. Parker exposes the vanity, artifice and delusion that stand behind these apparently candid books. A master at work, he commands the screen with an effortless ease and a complete lack of artifice or contrivance. With their knowing artifice, the works achieved a stifling kind of perfection. In turning the genre inside out, Godard creates a world in which real emotions resemble artifice. The public meeting has decayed, and what voters see on TV is constructed around artifice and falsehood. The purpose of art is not to deny artifice but to manage it so well that it appears inevitable. He alone supplied the deft and necessary touch of self-conscious theatrical artifice. Between the extremes of naturalism and overt artifice there are transitional pieces that combine both modes. There is no pretense, no artifice, no meaning, other than what you carry out after you've wiped the fiftieth tear of laughter out of your eye. Wenders always wants it both ways: high artifice and incorruptible honesty. Fernandez, like many artists before her, engages in a dialogue between artifice and nature. Whatever the cause, this interview held my interest and seemed free from artifice. Synonyms trickery, deviousness, deceit, deception, dishonesty, cheating, duplicity, guile, cunning, artfulness, wiliness, craft, craftiness, evasion, slyness, chicanery, intrigue, subterfuge, strategy, bluff, pretence device, trick, stratagem, ploy, tactic, ruse, scheme, move, manoeuvre, contrivance, machination, expedient, wile, dodge Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘workmanship’): from Old French, from Latin artificium, based on ars, art- ‘art’ + facere ‘make’.
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