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artistic licence

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by an artist to achieve a desired effect.

uncountable

Equivalents

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Examples

“The script takes a little artistic licence with the facts.”
“Serlio criticises the artistic licence taken by both ancient and contemporary architects, here specifically related to the confusion created by the rich decoration of the arch–in his illustrations, he stripped the monument of most of its beautifully […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

artistic license artistic swimming artistic temperament Artistical Artistically artisticness

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