conceit

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He followed it with a succession of intensely theatrical divertissements, often revolving around unexpected intellectual conceits or bizarre juxtapositions and featuring brilliant dialogue, puns, repartee, double meanings and misunderstandings.

From BBC

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

From Salon

But that’s Nature’s conceit: The opinions of its editors are not just informed and well-reasoned, as most of us hope ours are.

From Washington Post

When a book has a big conceit I want it to be completely obvious, or at least completely seamless.

From Los Angeles Times

But the Eras conceit also meant that Swift wouldn’t have to exclusively lean on songs from these albums, which have in general been less popular, consistent and ambitious than her earlier ones.

From New York Times