Contrivance and Replication

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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

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Replication is an antonym for contrivance.

Replication noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Contrivance is an antonym for replication.

Nearby Words: replicate, replica, replicated, replicating, replicator

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