Gimmick and Process

Gimmick

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

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Process and gimmick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Process" instead a noun "Gimmick".

Nearby Words: gimmicky, gimmickry

Process noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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Gimmick and process are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gimmick" instead a noun "Process".

special	special gimmick	special process
long	long gimmick	long process
exact	exact gimmick	exact process
similar	similar gimmick	similar process
Other adjectives: usual, complete, original, simple, actual, entire, real, new, early, basic, different.

Digimon Xros Wars has this as its core gimmick setting it apart from the preceding Digimon series, referring to the combining process as DigiXrossing.

Source: Combining Mecha
Alberto Del Rio's gimmick after turning heel in the process of defeating Dolph Ziggler.

Source: Heroic Wannabe
Used as the gimmick for the game show Russian Roulette, where contestants are eliminated by dropping through the door they're required to stand on (although, as the show's name suggests, whether or not a contestant is eliminated is a random process).

Source: Trap Door

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