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- Dictionarycontrived/kənˈtrʌɪvd/
adjective
- 1. deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
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2 hours ago · Furthermore, Corisca employs a contrived stage-play where she acts the part of Cleora (whom Asotus is supposedly wooing) to give him a chance to practise his courtship technique. It is here that the danger of play-acting becomes apparent: as she suspected, Asotus cannot tell the actress-playing-Cleora from the real thing and gets carried away by the force of his undirected sexual feelings.
1 day ago · On the night of a Labour landslide, they’d somehow contrived to mess it up in Chingford. It was a terrible election for the Conservatives, but here was a minor miracle to bear witness. Norman ...
1 day ago · Zoroastrianism ( Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized : Din-ē Zartoshti ), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. One of the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of the Avesta and the Iranian prophet Zoroaster. Zoroastrians exalt an uncreated and benevolent deity of wisdom, commonly referred to ...
