Usually means: Artificial arrangement or forced plan.
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  21. contrivance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contrivance)

▸ noun:  A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task; contraption.
▸ noun:  A means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective.
▸ noun:  Something overly artful or artificial.

Similar:
gizmo, appliance, widget, contraption, devisal, stratagem, dodge, lash-up, convenience, gadget, more...

Opposite:
natural, spontaneous, unplanned, unrehearsed

Types:
gadget, tool, appliance, machine, device, mechanism, implement, contraption, more...

Phrases:
wild contrivance, more...

Adjectives:
mechanical, ingenious, simple, human, own, similar, little, whole, mere, artificial, admirable

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Similar:
gizmo, appliance, widget, contraption, devisal, stratagem, dodge, lash-up, convenience, gadget, more...

Opposite:
natural, spontaneous, unplanned, unrehearsed

Types:
gadget, tool, appliance, machine, device, mechanism, implement, contraption, more...

Phrases:
wild contrivance, more...

Adjectives:
mechanical, ingenious, simple, human, own, similar, little, whole, mere, artificial, admirable

Colors:
    steel blue,     slate gray,     charcoal,     gunmetal,     pewter, more...



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