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n. The act of contriving.

n. The state of being contrived.

n. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.

n. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task

n. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective

n. something overly artful or artificial

n. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

n. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.

n. The act of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning the disposition or combination of things or acts, for a particular purpose.

n. The thing contrived, planned, or invented; a device, especially a mechanical one; an artifice; a scheme; a stratagem.

n. Synonyms 2. Plan, invention, design; machination, stratagem; Device, Shift, etc. See expedient, n.

n. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

n. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

n. any improvised arrangement for temporary use

n. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

n. the act of devising something

n. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

"When the level of narrative contrivance is such that anything can happen or be forgotten in the space of a week, then nothing matters."

system    arrangement    organization    organisation    invention    conception    design    innovation    excogitation   

devising    invention    artifice    formation    construction    ingeniousness    plant   

contrive   

invention    project    artifice    scheme    plan    device    machine    shift    design    arrangement   

connivance   

invention    artifice    expedient    ingenuity    appliance    subterfuge    stratagem    subtlety    trick    workmanship