- 1. n. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. Source: opted
- 2. n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity Source: wordnet
- 3. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; an artifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, or to justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion. Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of an argument. I. Watts. By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe by rendering it nugatory. Burke. Source: webster
- 4. That to which one resorts for escape or concealment; anartifice employed to escape censure or the force of an argument, orto justify opinions or conduct; a shift; an evasion.Affect not little shifts and subterfuges, to avoid the force of anargument. I. Watts.By a miserable subterfuge, they hope to render this position safe byrendering it nugatory. Burke. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity Source: ecdict
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