stratagem
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Etymology [edit]
From Old French stratageme, from Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek στρατήγεμα (stratēgema, “the act of a general, a piece of generalship”), from strategein (“to be a general, command an army”), from στρατηγός (stratēgos, “a general, the leader or commander of an army”); see strategy.
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stratagem (plural stratagems)
- A deceptive tactic designed to gain the upper hand. Typically, involves underhanded dealings and obfuscation.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
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tactics
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External links [edit]
- stratagem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- stratagem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
