Device and Intrigue

Device

Device noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Intrigue and device are semantically related. in ploy topic. In some cases you can use "Intrigue" instead a noun "Device".

Intrigue noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.

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Device and intrigue are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Device" instead a noun "Intrigue".

Nearby Words: intriguing, intrigued, intriguer

old	old device	old intrigue
good	good device	good intrigue
elaborate	elaborate device	elaborate intrigue
specific	specific device	specific intrigue
Other adjectives: complex, alien, standard, narrative, massive, complicated, huge, main, ancient, deadly, hidden, external, medical, eponymous.

This could just be a Framing Device for a story told by a historian, but fantasy worlds regularly include historical notes for centuries of warfare and intrigue.

Source: World Building
In addition to adding intrigue and a degree of uncertainty to the Foregone Conclusion, this also provides a convenient device to allow characters like Keisuke Sannan, Heisuke Toudou, and Souji Okita to remain involved in the plot well beyond the points at which their real-life counterparts died.

Source: Beethoven Was an Alien Spy

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