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A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived or arbitrary device may confuse the reader, causing a loss of the suspension of disbelief. However, a well-crafted plot device, or one that emerges naturally from the setting or characters of the story, may be entirely accepted, or may even be unnoticed by the audience. [citation needed]
Willful ignorance is sometimes called willful blindness, contrived ignorance, conscious avoidance, [4] intentional ignorance, or Nelsonian knowledge. [ 5 ] The jury instruction for willful blindness is sometimes called the " ostrich instruction ".
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Contrived durability is a strategy of shortening the product lifetime before it is released onto the market, by designing it to deteriorate quickly. [4] The design of all personal-use products includes an expected average lifetime permeating all stages of development.
The name of NASA is an acronym that expands to National Aeronautics and Space Administration.. An acronym is a type of abbreviation consisting of a phrase whose only pronounced elements are the initial letters or initial sounds of words inside that phrase.
Contrived coinage pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism: 30 A hereditary medical disorder: Longest non-contrived word in a major dictionary [8] Technical antidisestablishmentarianism: 28 The political position of opposing disestablishment: Longest non-contrived and nontechnical word [9] Not all dictionaries accept it due to lack of usage. [10]
Meghan Markle is expected to face the heat of scrutiny as she gears up to launch her Netflix lifestyle series "With Love, Meghan." The "Suits" alum made her social media comeback in January.
A manufactured controversy (sometimes shortened to manufactroversy) is a contrived disagreement, typically motivated by profit or ideology, designed to create public confusion concerning an issue about which there is no substantial academic dispute. [1] [2] This concept has also been referred to as manufactured uncertainty. [3]