conceit

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And though “Undertone” makes good use of its podcasting conceit, the format is little more than a crutch for the movie’s narrative to rest on.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

I love a bildungsroman as a novel conceit and as a framing device.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The conceit sounds simple today: Kids are given a small plastic key, for which they insert in a box near an installation and then are regaled with music and a short nursery rhyme or folktale.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

The film’s conceit borrows several elements from Brooks’ classic, with a few key differences.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2025

Alice gestured with her tiny hands, and what Olanna had once thought to be an elegant fragility suddenly became a self-absorbed conceit, a luxurious selfishness; Alice spoke as if she alone suffered from the war.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie