artificenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈɑː.tɪ.fɪs/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ə.fɪs/formal(the use of) a clever trick or something intended to deceive:
Amazingly for Hollywood, she seems almost entirely without artifice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
- bad faith
- be a pack of lies idiom
- canard
- charade
- cobbler
- concoct
- forked tongue
- half-truth
- hogwash
- humbug
- hypocrisy
- make sth up
- polygraph
- pork pie
- porky
- post-factual
- post-truth
- propaganda
- stretch the truth idiom
- venal
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