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stratagem
[ strat-uh-juhm ]
noun
- a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- any artifice, ruse, or trick devised or used to attain a goal or to gain an advantage over an adversary or competitor:
business stratagems.
Synonyms: , , , ,
stratagem
/ ˈٰæɪə /
noun
- a plan or trick, esp one to deceive an enemy
Other 51Թ Forms
- ٰ···· [strat-, uh, -, jem, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
- ٰa·i·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stratagem1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stratagem1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Populism has been a stratagem of the wealthy, using cultural dog whistles to keep large numbers of non-wealthy people from thinking about who makes the big money, and who pays.
The competitors are in a trancelike state, building a stratagem.
Thankfully, we are at a point now where so many journalists and academics recognize that the chaos was a smokescreen, designed to cover very well-laid-out plans that had a rationale stratagem.
There are discussions among the monsters about feelings and how it’s OK to have them, even the sad and bad ones, along with some simple stratagems for dealing with them.
Will Toranaga let his old friend kill himself in order to perpetuate what might be a carefully constructed stratagem?
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