Contrived and Designed

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Contrived adjective - Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality.

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Designed and contrived are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Designed" instead the word "Contrived" as an adjective or a verb.

Designed adjective - Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.

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Contrived and designed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrived" instead the word "Designed" as an adjective or a verb.

Considering Decim has a device that is designed to create a Contrived Coincidence with every use, he's likely to blame for this.

Source: Anime / Death Parade
About the most 'fantastic' thing that happens here is a Contrived Coincidence or two designed to bring as much bad luck (or good luck) to the characters as possible.

Source: Sliding Scale of Realistic Versus Fantastic

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