Contrivance and Reduplication
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Contrivance
Contrivance noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.
Usage example: despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before
Reduplication is an antonym for contrivance.
Reduplication
Reduplication noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
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Synonyms for Reduplication
Contrivance is an antonym for reduplication.
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Reduplication and Contrivance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrivance/reduplication
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