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Canadian rock band
Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Nova Scotia, the band consists of Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. Four of the
Contrived
Abbreviation consisting of initial letters of a phrase
of the 1830s, "How to Write a Blackwood Article", which includes the contrived acronym "P.R.E.T.T.Y.B.L.U.E.B.A.T.C.H." The use of Latin and Neo-Latin
Acronym
Product design with limited useful life
planned obsolescence. They are listed in the order of increasing severity: Contrived durability is a strategy of shortening the product lifetime before it
Planned_obsolescence
Story writing technique
move the plot forward. A clichéd plot device may annoy the reader and a contrived or arbitrary device may confuse the reader, causing a loss of the suspension
Plot_device
Scientific procedure performed to validate a hypothesis
advantage that outcomes are observed in a natural setting rather than in a contrived laboratory environment. For this reason, field experiments are sometimes
Experiment
A contrived tenancy is a term used in British housing law to describe a situation where a tenancy is created in order to take advantage of the housing
Contrived_tenancy
Strategy of avoiding accountably or liability
extensive effort). Willful ignorance is sometimes called willful blindness, contrived ignorance, conscious avoidance, intentional ignorance, or Nelsonian knowledge
Willful_ignorance
Contrived disagreement
manufactured controversy (sometimes shortened to manufactroversy) is a contrived disagreement, typically motivated by profit or ideology, designed to create
Manufactured_controversy
however, that this invented name, adopted in the mid-19th century, was contrived solely to be the longest name of any town in Britain. The official name
Longest_word_in_English
President of the United States from 1977 to 1981
on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021. Vietor, Richard H. K. Contrived Competition: Regulation and Deregulation in America. Harvard University
Jimmy_Carter
Government of Nazi Germany, 1933 to 1945
Hitler as chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. It was contrived by the national conservative politician Franz von Papen, who reserved
Hitler_cabinet
Monitoring system in computer drives
Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (contrived acronym S.M.A.R.T. or SMART) is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology
Self-Monitoring,_Analysis_and_Reporting_Technology
American actress (born 1980)
Catch A Predator' host Chris Hansen in visually striking, dramatically contrived thriller". Screen Daily. Retrieved September 5, 2026. Szalai, Georg (March
Merritt_Wever
2016–present Australian television series
television, but large portions of the shows are scripted and involve contrived scenarios. The series follows gold miners in various locations of Western
Aussie_Gold_Hunters
English comedian, actor and media personality (born 1975)
as Gandhi, Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus, and how he is, in comically contrived ways, similar to them. In January 2017, Brand announced his new tour Re:Birth
Russell_Brand
negative reception, due to its appearance as that of a "mechanically contrived outcome", thus after a nationwide design competition in early 1971, a
Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea
1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith
critics praising Pfeiffer's performance but criticizing the screenplay as contrived and full of stereotypes. The film grossed $179.5 million and spawned a
Dangerous_Minds
English-language idiom
expressed as cat-and-mouse game, is an English-language idiom that means "a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes
Cat_and_mouse
Indian actor (born 1982)
"misfire on a massive scale". CNN-IBN's Rajeev Masand considered it "contrived and fake", but was impressed by Kapoor's "affable charm" and wrote that
Ranbir_Kapoor
Psychological attitude of game players
of the normal world from the play experience, with the agreement upon contrived set of rules. Magic Circle (virtual worlds) Salen, Katie; Zimmerman, Eric
Lusory_attitude
Sexual paraphilia involving feces
of Slang and Unconventional English says, "This appears to have been contrived with the intention to provoke shock rather than actually as a practice
Coprophilia
Polish civilian often cited as first victim of World War II
several victims of the Gleiwitz incident, a multi-part false flag operation contrived by German Schutzstaffel (SS) Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler and his deputy
Franciszek_Honiok
Film genre
conventions of romantic comedy films is the entertainment factor in a contrived encounter of two potential romantic partners in unusual or comic circumstances
Romantic_comedy
2026 Indian film by Geetu Mohandas
foundation that made Yash's larger-than-life heroics work, Toxic feels contrived from the outset. The film's premise of a power struggle surrounding Portugal-ruled
Toxic_(2026_film)
Topics referred to by the same term
free dictionary. Hokey means corny, mawkishly sentimental, or obviously contrived. Hokey can also refer to: Hokey cokey (AKA hokey pokey), a participation
Hokey
Genre of pop music
as a pejorative for pop music that is perceived to be disposable and contrived. Most bubblegum acts were one-hit wonders (notable exceptions included
Bubblegum_music
Philosophical term
Antiperistasis, in philosophy, is a general term for various processes, real or contrived, in which one quality heightens the force of another, opposing, quality
Antiperistasis
2026 film by Will Gluck
Barbaro and Callum Turner Sparkle in a Rom-Com Sweeter and Sexier Than Its Contrived Script". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August
One_Night_Only_(2026_film)
Award ceremony for films of 1970
the Academy Awards were "a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons". He also maintained that it was "degrading
43rd_Academy_Awards
2014 novel by Jo Nesbø
it is hackneyed" as well as "saccharine where it’s meant to be moving, contrived where it’s supposed to be suspenseful". An upcoming adaptation of the
Blood_on_Snow
Tax avoidance strategy used in Australia
offence in 1980. The practice came to symbolise the worst of variously contrived tax strategies from those times. In its 1986/87 annual report, the Australian
Bottom of the harbour tax avoidance
Bottom_of_the_harbour_tax_avoidance
Traditional divination practice using sea shells
Cowrie shell modified for divination, showing the natural and contrived openings.
Cowrie-shell_divination
Musical composition technique
Contrived example of a canon in three voices at the unison, two beats apart.
Canon_(music)
Iranian religion founded by Zoroaster
Silence had been completed at much trouble and expense, a Muslim official contrived to get up onto it, and to call the adhan (the Muslim call to prayer) from
Zoroastrianism
Ordinary conversational form of language
writing. Prose differs most notably from poetry, which follows some type of contrived intentional rhythm or other artistically crafted structure or pattern
Prose
Musical term meaning "from the beginning"
A contrived example of D.C. al Fine. Play Use of Da Capo prevents the need to write out extra measures, often many more than in this example. The notes
Da_capo
2017 film by Martin McDonagh
violence, race, and social themes, suggesting that the film relies on contrived storytelling and tonal inconsistency rather than offering meaningful insight
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three_Billboards_Outside_Ebbing,_Missouri
American comedian (born 1955)
jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations. Wright was ranked as the 15th Greatest Comedian by Rolling
Steven_Wright
American seismologist
The short-period seismograph Benioff contrived.
Hugo_Benioff
2025 Indian film by Althaf Salim
Faasil was ill-suited for the role and that his comedic attempts felt contrived. The review described the film as an "empty vessel" lacking emotional
Odum_Kuthira_Chaadum_Kuthira
Sneezing in response to numerous stimuli
The photic sneeze reflex (also known as ACHOO syndrome, a contrived acronym for Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst) is an inherited
Photic_sneeze_reflex
American actress (born 1989)
Barbaro and Callum Turner Sparkle in a Rom-Com Sweeter and Sexier Than Its Contrived Script Deserves". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 5, 2026. "Monica
Monica_Barbaro
Approach to the study of history
and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain; all things that we see standing accomplished in the
Great_man_theory
This is a list of candidates for the longest English word of one syllable, i.e. monosyllables with the most letters. A list of 9,123 English monosyllables
List of the longest English words with one syllable
List_of_the_longest_English_words_with_one_syllable
2024 Indian romantic drama film
Chandar, Bhuvanesh (11 April 2024). "'DeAr' movie review: A rushed, contrived relationship drama". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 April
DeAr
Field of physics that studies the atom
nuclei. As with many scientific fields, strict delineation can be highly contrived and atomic physics is often considered in the wider context of atomic
Atomic_physics
Proposed type of star cluster
and 15 parsecs, with masses in the range 10–100,000 M☉. The name is a contrived acronym referencing the character John Rambo, in the mold of similar acronyms
Robust associations of massive baryonic objects
Robust_associations_of_massive_baryonic_objects
Region in South Asia
broke out. According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India: Gulab Singh contrived to hold himself aloof till the battle of Sobraon (1846), when he appeared
Kashmir
2020 film directed by David Bruckner
itself and make Beth's obsession pay off, the less credible and the more contrived it becomes." Similarly, David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised
The_Night_House_(2020_film)
Ancient Arabic love story
often by means of an unfulfillable longing. Many imitations have been contrived of Nizami's work, several of which are original literary works in their
Layla_and_Majnun
2011 romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus
performances of Yelchin and Jones, although some found the plot implausible and contrived. Anna Gardner, a British exchange student attending college in Los Angeles
Like_Crazy
art An aesthetic ideal that good art should appear natural rather than contrived. Of medieval origin, but often incorrectly attributed to Ovid. ars gratia
List_of_Latin_phrases_(full)
Indian actor from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh (born 1975)
mid-day. 11 June 2021. "'Charlie Ke Chakkar Mein' – confusing, convoluted, contrived". Deccan Herald. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2022. "Ekta Kapoor
Amit_Sial
Test to determine whether a user is human
von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper, and John Langford. It is a contrived acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers
CAPTCHA
Proposed reconstructed word list for the Proto-Indo-European language
"mind" < *mn̥t-is; memor "mindful, remembering" ⇒ commentus "devised, contrived; invented"; moneō "I remind, warn"; mōnstrum "a divine omen; portent"
Indo-European_vocabulary
2008 film by Martin McDonagh
continued about the film: "A jolly mess of a movie. Overplotted, choppy, and contrived, it nonetheless has a curious vitality that makes you wonder where McDonagh
In_Bruges
2023 film by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Wendy Ide gave it a 3/5 score and wrote, "While DeBose is impressive, the contrived plot of Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s movie hinges, somewhat preposterously
I.S.S._(film)
Comic theme or gimmick
its roots in show business, shtick has taken on the connotation of a contrived and often-used act. For this reason, journalists and commentators often
Shtick
2025 political-military campaign
deployment of military forces, and that the rationale for deployment was contrived, writing that there "was no rebellion, nor was civilian law enforcement
Domestic military deployments by the second Trump administration
Domestic_military_deployments_by_the_second_Trump_administration
1994 novel by Jill Paton Walsh
exquisitely mounted, immaculately designed fable." The Independent wrote "Contrived, often describing an idealised world but with luminous moments quite outside
Knowledge_of_Angels
2023 studio album by Dokken
The reviewer of Norway Rock Magazine also thought the vocals sounded contrived, and that Heaven Comes Down should have been a Don Dokken solo release
Heaven_Comes_Down
Types of magic
disciplines (viz., geomancy, hydromancy, aeromancy, pyromancy) is somewhat contrived. Chiromancy is the divination from a subject's palms as practiced by the
Artes_prohibitae
"Thick" vs "neutral" ways of speaking
that is considered particularly cultured, stylish, affluent, or even contrived, associated with the educated upper class of a given region. All three
Broad_and_general_accents
2022 film directed by Praveen Sattaru
action sequences, there is no compelling story, which is made worse by a contrived screenplay." Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express gave 1/5 stars and wrote
The_Ghost_(2022_film)
American television series (2004–2012)
affair with restaurant manager Rick proved unpopular. Furthermore, Susan's contrived triangle with Ian and Mike seemed tiresome to many viewers, particularly
Desperate_Housewives
U.S. vice presidential tenure from 1789 to 1797
"My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived; and
Vice_presidency_of_John_Adams
Mission from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
designing the massacre portion, which Alavi did not want to feel too contrived or traumatic. Members of the game's development team were polarized in
No_Russian
Difference between marginal product and opportunity cost
rent includes income gained by labor, state beneficiaries, or other "contrived" exclusivity, such as labor guilds and unofficial corruption. In the broader
Economic_rent
Quantum mechanics thought experiment
it, especially in popularized treatments, underscore that it relies on contrived, idealized circumstances that may be impossible or exceedingly difficult
Quantum suicide and immortality
Quantum_suicide_and_immortality
British-Pakistani actor and rapper (born 1982)
that he keeps the suspense of the drama in play even as it pushes into contrived circumstances during the prolonged final act, and eventually takes a melodramatic
Riz_Ahmed
2026 animated film by Pierre Coffin
that Pixar might try to—it is essentially, once again, just a series of contrived opportunities for the little guys to get up to chaotic mischief." Clint
Minions_&_Monsters
2018 romantic drama film by Scott Speer
website's consensus reads: "Midnight Sun is a typically manipulative and contrived teen romance that's unfortunately distinguished by its offensively inaccurate
Midnight_Sun_(2018_film)
17th-century Mughal Empire noble, ruler of Orchha
and court historian Abul Fazl who was returning from Deccan in a plot contrived by the Mughal Prince Salim later Jahangir. He is also credited to have
Vir_Singh_Deo
2026 film by Anil Ravipudi
Prasad Garu movie review: Chiranjeevi and Anil Ravipudi settle for easy, contrived laughs". The Indian Express. 13 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026
Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu
Mana_Shankara_Vara_Prasad_Garu
Chervenkov is said to have taken even more grandiose forms: one example is "a contrived 'folk song' written in the traditional Slavic antithesis form, […] stating
List_of_cults_of_personality
Turkic language
However, the TDK is occasionally criticized for coining words which sound contrived and artificial. Some earlier changes—such as Turkic bölem to replace the
Turkish_language
British TV series (2014–2017)
lacking a strong personality or deeper purpose other than to deliver contrived lines. Nothing much has changed since the first series." A DVD set containing
Josh_(TV_series)
Ironic figure of speech
the jury, I have the right to say – that, by labor and diligence I have contrived to be no laggard in the mastery of military science." In this case, the
Litotes
1927 short story by H. P. Lovecraft
unity of effect principle", though he cites as its "one weakness" the "contrived ending". An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia dismisses the story as "relatively
Pickman's_Model
2002 American film
reviews. The site's consensus states: "Though the story feels rather contrived, Moonlight Mile is redeemed by the good performances of its cast." Metacritic
Moonlight_Mile_(film)
Region and former province of the Netherlands
resemblance to present maps. The stereotypical image of Holland is a contrived amalgam of tulips, windmills, clogs, Edam cheese, and the traditional
Holland
American police procedural television series
feels like showrunner Brandon Margolis and his writing staff took every contrived, cliched way to create a spinoff of a hit series they could dream up,
Boston_Blue
1991 film by Robert Lieberman
calculating holiday fable that is phony to its very bones—artificial, contrived, illogical, manipulative and stupid. It's one of those movies that insults
All I Want for Christmas (film)
All_I_Want_for_Christmas_(film)
British socialite and child sex trafficker (born 1961)
February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Exhibit CC. "Maxwell, however, contrived to avoid the deposition. On June 29, 2010, one day before Edwards was
Ghislaine_Maxwell
1982 film by Tim Hunter
the novel by S.E. Hinton], thus leaving the film with a very overdone, contrived feeling." Tex was released by Walt Disney Home Video through VHS on April
Tex_(film)
18th-century French garden party
especially in the 18th century, the simplicity of the event was often contrived. A fête champêtre was often a very elegant form of entertainment involving
Fête_champêtre
of the Maroons did not surrender until mid-March. The British used the contrived breach of the treaty as a pretext to deport the entire Trelawny Town Maroons
History_of_Jamaica
1975 film by Sam Peckinpah
others criticized the film's use of martial arts tropes and imagery as contrived. Others, such as Pauline Kael, praised Peckinpah's direction and action
The_Killer_Elite
Moyers on the 1996 election campaign, showing how both political parties contrived to bend and break laws regulating campaign donations to their own benefit
List of Frontline (American TV program) episodes
List_of_Frontline_(American_TV_program)_episodes
2003 film by Adam Shankman
"Though the cast shines, they can't save this comedy, which is overly contrived and filled with outdated and offensive racial jokes." On Metacritic, the
Bringing Down the House (film)
Bringing_Down_the_House_(film)
2007 American Christmas comedy film
3/10. The website's consensus reads: "A slew of talent is wasted in this contrived and overly sentimental Christmas film, which can't quite get the balance
Fred_Claus
2024 Indian film by Nithilan Saminathan
2024. Purushothaman, Kirubhakar (13 June 2024). "Maharaja movie review: Contrived screenplay overshadows the few good things in Vijay Sethupathi's film"
Maharaja_(2024_film)
1912 American children's encyclopedia
success of the work as a reference tool resulted from its splendidly contrived index, which remains a model of its kind.". The Book of Knowledge also
Book_of_Knowledge
Baronetcy in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Minto (Elliot). It is thought that the surname spelling differences were contrived to differentiate the branches. George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield
Eliott_baronets
2025 Indian film by Mu Maran
throws a curveball every ten minutes, only that the twists are either too contrived, or gimmicky, or just generic. [...] From all the effort to create a thriller
Blackmail_(2025_film)
American television series
overreaches in its fourth season, with twists and story arcs that feel more contrived than compelling, though its willingness to venture boldly into the dark
Six_Feet_Under_(TV_series)
Third queen-consort of the Hindu god Krishna
on the love Krishna had for her, and her grasp over his heart. On one contrived occasion, the sage Narada arrived in Dvaraka, and during the course of
Satyabhama
6th episode of the 4th season of Ted Lasso
eavesdropping, then missing Roy's verbal gaffe feels only slightly less contrived than the last-minute arrival of Matthjis, whose relationship with Rebecca
Don't Jump Around Much Anymore
Don't_Jump_Around_Much_Anymore
1960 novel by Harper Lee
black victims, and Granville Hicks labeled the book "melodramatic and contrived". When the book was first released, Southern writer Flannery O'Connor
To_Kill_a_Mockingbird
2003 Japanese dystopian action film
reviewers criticized the film for being inferior to the original, having a contrived, confusing plot line, its controversial, provocative sentiments, and generally
Battle_Royale_II:_Requiem
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