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Underlying fictitious assumption of a work of fiction
In drama and other art forms, the central conceit of a work of fiction is the underlying fictitious assumption which must be accepted by the audience
Central_conceit
2026 American thriller television series
Days almost overstays its welcome with this snoozy mystery, but its central conceit is saved by two utterly beguiling performances." Metacritic, which
56_Days
2020 novel by Matt Haig
highlighting Matt Haig's accessible portrayal of depression and the novel's central conceit of a library containing the many lives Nora Seed could have lived,
The_Midnight_Library
Topics referred to by the same term
Novik Conceit (rapper) (fl. c. 2007), American musician Conceit (film), a 1921 American silent drama film Excessive self-esteem, hubris Central conceit, a
Conceit_(disambiguation)
Australian comedian
thrower; The Guardian said the show had "lots to enjoy, even if the central conceit [did] not soar." Walker was selected as part of the 2023 lineup of
Tom_Walker_(comedian)
1990 British film
"Well?" and Jamie responds, "I think so ... Yes." At this point the central conceit of the movie has become clear: Jamie came back specifically to help
Truly,_Madly,_Deeply_(film)
2013 film by Spike Jonze
of The Village Voice opined that Jonze was "so entranced with his central conceit that he can barely move beyond it", and criticized the dialogue as
Her_(2013_film)
2023 Swedish film by Erika Wasserman
Started Masturbating Movie Review: A generic film spiced up by its central conceit". Cinema Express. Hainer, Caroline (October 21, 2022). "Filmrecension:
The Year I Started Masturbating
The_Year_I_Started_Masturbating
British science fiction and fantasy author
Thin Air, Morgan described a common feature of his works: There is a central conceit that I keep — not consciously, I swear! — returning to in my work.
Richard_K._Morgan
1st episode of the 2nd series of Black Mirror
"DadBot" made by journalist James Vlahos, have also been compared to the central conceit in this episode. Comparisons were drawn from a planned feature for
Be_Right_Back
Indian-Canadian poet (born 1992)
An example of Kaur's imagery which uses the central conceit of self-harm
Rupi_Kaur
2008 book by Deborah Cameron
was published by Oxford University Press. The title refers to the central conceit of the book by John Gray of January 1992, Men Are from Mars, Women
The_Myth_of_Mars_and_Venus
1981 studio album by the Rolling Stones
criticised "Start Me Up" in his Pazz and Jop essay in 1981, saying, "Its central conceit – Mick as sex machine, complete with pushbutton – explains why the
Tattoo_You
Film by John Erick Dowdle
sporadically exciting thriller that nonetheless proves too faithful to its central conceit for its own good." Jaume Balagueró, who co-wrote and directed the REC
Quarantine_(2008_film)
Horror anthology streaming television series
dread-filled paintings that haunt my imagination to this day." The central conceit of the series is the opening of a cabinet of curiosities one section
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Guillermo_del_Toro's_Cabinet_of_Curiosities
1987 film by John Carpenter
me goose-pimply about Prince of Darkness is its goofy-but-ingenious central conceit and its truly surrealistic imagery, some of which could have sprouted
Prince_of_Darkness_(film)
2004 film by David Mamet
'interesting pop culture artifact' is the sheer strangeness of its central conceit, which is almost bizarre enough to merit the price of the Blockbuster
Spartan_(film)
2021 animated Disney film by Don Hall & Carlos López Estrada
Reviewers for The Irish Times and Vox cited the perceived unwieldy central conceit, and indistinct and insensitive cultural representation, respectively
Raya_and_the_Last_Dragon
1980 American TV series or program
earlier productions, the panel game What's My Line?, and shared its central conceit of highlighting average people with unusual occupations. Unlike the
That's_My_Line
2024 studio album by Marilyn Manson
opts for "repetition over exposition, which is a shame, because the central conceit – that it's far easier to judge over social media than hold up a mirror
One Assassination Under God – Chapter 1
One_Assassination_Under_God_–_Chapter_1
2021 film by Everardo Valerio Gout
"The biggest problem with The Forever Purge is how it abandons the central conceit of the series. Previous movies focused on the protagonists' struggle
The_Forever_Purge
1999 film by Dean Parisot
Galaxy Quest, James Berardinelli states that the movie shares the "same central conceit" with a short story by Ruth Berman titled "Visit to a Weird Planet
Galaxy_Quest
Character appearing in Marvel Comics
described writing a solo title as "a relief" by comparison. The series' central conceit had Deadpool become the king of Marvel's monsters, who had relocated
Deadpool
2021 South Korean horror thriller film
open with a little more flair, but The 8th Night still drives at its central conceit with subtle notes of character and spirit world mystery." For JumpCut
The_8th_Night
Japanese writer (1892–1927)
Graz, Austria in 1996, and the Japanese version in Tokyo in 2002. The central conceit of the story (i.e. conflicting accounts of the same events from different
Ryūnosuke_Akutagawa
Japanese manga series by Tomohito Oda
that it is not its central focus, also calling Oda as "quite adept at creating small situations out of this narrative's central conceit." In her review of
Komi_Can't_Communicate
British anthology television series
Mirror due to its overly ambitious nature and repetitiveness. Its central conceit—that a company can determine its customers' perfect partner—is similar
Black_Mirror
2007 American film
offers few surprises. But its pep, agreeable performances and appealing central conceit will profitably put this Warner Bros. Valentine's Day romantic comedy
Music_and_Lyrics
Play by William Shakespeare
but there are no twins in the Jacobs story. Our Relations owes its central conceit to The Comedy of Errors.[original research?] As in the Shakespeare
The_Comedy_of_Errors
2010 film by Jorma Taccone
would not be the sketch repeated for its entire runtime. The film's central conceit was to produce a real action film, with MacGruber as comic relief.
MacGruber_(film)
American comic strip by Pop Momand
syndicated in many other papers by Associated Newspapers. The title and central conceit of a family struggling to "keep up" with the neighbors resonated with
Keeping Up with the Joneses (comics)
Keeping_Up_with_the_Joneses_(comics)
2022 film directed by Saagar K Chandra
Srikar of Cinema Express wrote, "Although it is largely faithful to the central conceit of the original, Bheemla Nayak is bigger, fiercer, and massier." While
Bheemla_Nayak
2023 video game
as Alto's Adventure and Skate City. It was developed based on the central conceit of using touchscreen controls to create the feeling of wingsuit flight
Laya's_Horizon
4th episode of the 3rd series of Black Mirror
criticism from a minority of critics. Collin noted that the episode's central conceit has been widely used within the science fiction genre. Stolworthy criticised
San_Junipero
2023 British film
Quick and Bernard Hill make a loving septuagenarian couple, but the central conceit has to hard to swallow". Mature Times. Maher, Kevin (January 26, 2024)
Forever_Young_(2023_film)
1954 play by Brendan Behan
The Quare Fellow, is never seen or heard; he functions as the play's central conceit. He is a man condemned to die on the following day, for killing his
The_Quare_Fellow
English poet and artist (1757–1827)
techniques to Broadway to Country/Western" and reggae. Much of the central conceit of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials is rooted in
William_Blake
American science fiction thriller streaming television miniseries
island with no memory of who they are or how they got there. But that central conceit is quickly resolved by Episode 3, as The I-Land spins out of control
The_I-Land
Ancient Roman town in Campania, Italy
The vanished columns of the ancient town inundated by the sea is the central conceit of Konstantin Batyushkov's 1819 "You awake, oh Bayya, from the tomb
Baiae
Season of television series
slowly but surely built a mythology around its central Machine. The series blows up its central conceit as often as it possibly can, to reveal newer, bigger
Person_of_Interest_season_4
1974 book by Roald Dahl
have been criticised for their cruel and misogynistic elements. The central conceit of "The Last Act", in particular, has been described by Jeremy Treglown
Switch_Bitch
2011 film by Madonna
Retrieved September 2, 2011. Kennedy, Colin (January 20, 2012). "W.E's central conceit results in a film that is just conceited". Metro. Retrieved January
W.E.
15th episode of the 4th season of The X-Files
a Klezmer band and Schindler's List." Gordon said that love is the central conceit of the episode. Although, in the myth of the Golem, the creature is
Kaddish_(The_X-Files)
Type of radio, television or streaming program where contestants compete for prizes
a Japanese Game Show, which used a fake Japanese game show as its central conceit). Many of the prizes awarded on game shows are provided through product
Game_show
Style of literary fiction and art
on the path taken through its lexias on each reading. Novels portal Central conceit – Underlying fictitious assumption of a work of fiction List of genres
Magical_realism
British zombie horror miniseries
"generally favorable" reviews. Reviewers frequently focused on the series' central conceit of combining a Big Brother-style reality-TV setting with a zombie outbreak
Dead_Set
Series of video games
tool, for it is unabashedly and decisively both, but rather that the central conceit of the game is one of mimetic realism." In his analysis, Galloway concludes
America's_Army
City in California, United States
Dunsmuir Horror". Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. 131: 136. The central conceit of the story is that the town of Dunsmuir is comparable to Brigadoon
Dunsmuir,_California
1997 video game
Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture wrote that Pyst challenges the central conceit of Myst, whereby the "untouched landscape" navigated by a "lone trailblazer"
Pyst
1990 film by Stuart Gordon
Jox (1990) ... revels in exploring the technical complexities of its central conceit—nations warring vicariously through giant robots piloted by gladiator-type
Robot_Jox
2025 novel by Silvia Park
novel's setting in a reunified Korea. Park stated that "the novel’s central conceit—the mourning of a lost sibling—paralleled South Korea’s own loss. We
Luminous_(novel)
1973 science fiction novel by Larry Niven
phases in the same space that are separated by 220 years of time. Its central conceit is that Humans evolved from the juvenile stage of the Pak, a species
Protector_(novel)
2016 American film
rating of 37/100 based on four reviews. Though describing the film's central conceit as "a winner", Scott Tobias of Variety wrote that the film "only has
Middle_Man_(film)
2013 British TV series or programme
themselves in the face of ultimate darkness." He denied that Southcliffe's central conceit is exploitative. "It's not really a story of a spree shooting. It's
Southcliffe
2nd episode of the 5th season of Person of Interest
Interest episodes, where the writers have fun playing with the show's central conceit. This approach often results in a great blend of both humor and drama
SNAFU_(Person_of_Interest)
2013 puzzle-platform video game
predictable over the course of the game. Game Informer wrote that the game's central conceit was a "gimmick that simply doesn't work all that well", and for that
Max:_The_Curse_of_Brotherhood
Traditional song
Elizabeth Bowen's 1945 short story "The Demon Lover" uses the ballad's central conceit for a narrative of ghostly return in wartime London. Shirley Jackson's
The_Daemon_Lover
2013 novel by James McBride
becoming preachy. Henry's disguise as a girl is one of the novel's central conceits, but it also serves as a metaphor for the ways in which enslaved people
The_Good_Lord_Bird
2014 video game
Rock, Paper, Shotgun reflected on the game's fourth wall breaking central conceit, and how it was supported by the conversation and dialogue options
Consortium_(video_game)
2009 film directed by Sticky Fingaz
movie, because the plot and direction all take a backseat to Jones' central conceit, which is clever, interesting and different." Christopher Armstead
A_Day_in_the_Life_(film)
American television series (1956–1965)
Doug Davidson in 1994; the latter was notable for eliminating the central conceit from the original series of bidding on prizes. Counting all incarnations
The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)
The_Price_Is_Right_(1956_American_game_show)
Short story by Stephen King
the story as "Twilight Zone-style", Mike Finn suggested that "the central conceit of the story was original and fun. The story was briskly told and felt
The_Turbulence_Expert
2023 video game
"consistent creativity" and "knack of locating unlikely riffs from its central conceit". The Escapist enjoyed the game's "abstract and irreverent" humor,
What_the_Car?
2005 American film
film's manner of not taking itself too seriously, as such was the "central conceit of Newsom's hugely entertaining film". The reviewer then listed the
The_Naked_Monster
2012 video game
Runaway: A Twist of Fate". Josué Monchan of Pendulo compared the game's central conceit to that of Planescape: Torment, but adapted to an adventure game rather
Yesterday_(video_game)
2016 novel by Rose Tremain
and particularly the plight of the Jews during the Nazi era, as its central conceit. Regret, shame, betrayal, disloyalty and madness all play their part
The_Gustav_Sonata
Comics character by Ben Dunn
other comic books, manga, films, and television shows imitating its central conceit: Avengelyne (Maximum Press)—Although she never served the Catholic
Warrior_Nun_Areala
2013 video game
remarked that "With fun characters, unique and engaging combat, a cute central conceit, and an irrepressibly cool soundtrack, Conception II is a bundle of
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars
Conception_II:_Children_of_the_Seven_Stars
2009 studio album by The-Dream
album's four-song centerpiece, [The-Dream] fleshes out the album's central conceit (the push/pull between love and money) with a jaw-droppingly operatic
Love vs. Money (The-Dream album)
Love_vs._Money_(The-Dream_album)
8th episode of the 4th season of What We Do in the Shadows
mostly, a great example of that energy. That goes all the way up to the central conceit of the episode, which swaps out the documentary crew that normally
Go_Flip_Yourself
American science writer (born 1981)
neuroscience laid out by Lehrer "seems 'sheer plod', undermining the central conceit—for what artist would partake in such a paltry matter?" Nonscientists
Jonah_Lehrer
2017 Doctor Who episode
criticizing it for lack of novelty, articulating his "struggle with the central conceit that in the future, in space, oxygen will be a commodity that you pay
Oxygen_(Doctor_Who)
3rd episode of the 15th season of The Simpsons
Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa, had originally assumed that the central conceit of the episode was intended as a political satire, Al Jean clarified
The_President_Wore_Pearls
2024 novel by Lottie Hazell
"Book review: Reader leaves dinner table unsated. A major flaw in the central conceit of the Lottie Hazell's 'Piglet' completely undermines what is a well-written
Piglet_(novel)
2014 Indian film by Ram Kumar
Baradwaj Rangan wrote for The Hindu, "I wish more had been done with the central conceit. This is not a lazy film by any stretch. But a comedy should be light
Mundasupatti
17th episode of the 8th season of The X-Files
wrote that "there are a lot of things to like in "Empedocles," but the central conceit is just too stupid for the episode as a whole to work." While she enjoyed
Empedocles_(The_X-Files)
Musical based on the film of the same name
both instantly recognisable, and utterly different" and that "The central conceit is perfectly suited to the theatre... it has the potential to be complex
Groundhog_Day_(musical)
2018 novel by Richard K. Morgan
theme common to Morgan's works, of grandness left to decay: There is a central conceit that I keep ... returning to ... of something grand and worthwhile
Thin_Air_(Morgan_novel)
1995 novel by Jack Finney
Finney's imaginative set pieces, historical cameos, albeit "creaky" central conceit. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch similarly remarked that, while the book
From_Time_to_Time_(novel)
Role-playing game adventure
just a sampler of clever ideas that were never fully fleshed out. Its central conceit, a 'funhouse' dungeon full of tricky obstacles designed to challenge
White_Plume_Mountain
2006 British film
Range. A theatrical trailer is also included with the extras. The central conceit of Death of a President was much criticised by those who believed it
Death of a President (2006 film)
Death_of_a_President_(2006_film)
Harry Potter fandom rock band
penultimate book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as it takes as its central conceit a Harry Potter who has started a hardcore rock band. Paul and Joe departed
Harry_and_the_Potters
Australian TV sketch comedy series
Girl. The stock persona of an imported second-rate actress became the central conceit of the series. The opening scene of each episode showed "Mavis", now
The_Mavis_Bramston_Show
Film by Curry Barker
average rating of 8.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "Taking an icky conceit and twisting it to deviously crowd-pleasing ends, Obsession is dauntingly
Obsession_(2025_film)
Political scientist
the Post–Cold War Order with Eugene B. Rumer, The MIT Press, 2015. The conceit of humanitarian intervention, Oxford University Press, 2016. Wikiquote
Rajan_Menon
American medical television drama series
lives." Critical, a 2015 British medical drama with a similar narrative conceit. Otterson, Joe (March 26, 2024). "Noah Wyle to Star in Max Medical Procedural
The_Pitt
Poem by William Shakespeare
of 152 sonnets, two anacreontic sonnets and a long complaint. The central conceit of Sonnet 153 derives from a work by Marianus Scholasticus, a poet
Sonnet_153
1613 play by Thomas Campion
conflict with the Earl of Northampton. A chorus draws attention to the central conceit of the masque, an inversion or reversal of traditional chivalric gender
The_Somerset_Masque
Operetta by Franz Lehár (music), Alfred Willner and Robert Bodanzky (libretto)
Edwardes. The story was heavily modified; abandoning the original central conceit of the fantastical dream, Hood reset the story in concrete reality
Gypsy_Love_(operetta)
British writer
"Book review: Reader leaves dinner table unsated. A major flaw in the central conceit of the Lottie Hazell's 'Piglet' completely undermines what is a well-written
Lottie_Hazell
Performing Irreducible and Primitive Presence. Crucially, invention is a central conceit of non-buddhism. As Laruelle says of non-philosophy, the task is "to
Glenn_Wallis
Poem by William Shakespeare
parallels for the opening conceit in Henry Constable's Diana and in Thomas Watson's Tears of Fancy. The poem's central conceit, the dialogue between heart
Sonnet_24
12th episode of the 2nd season of Parks and Recreation
sex scandal consumed the entire town and local media countered the central conceit of the series, "that Leslie treats her mundane, small-town civil service
Christmas_Scandal
Scottish researcher
opera, dark cyberpunk, romance and rock-band road-trip adventure. The central conceit of the novel is that in space, everyone speaks Gaelic, allowing the
Tim_Armstrong_(writer)
Poem by John Donne
pursuits to spend time together. In this sense, love is asceticism, a major conceit in the poem. The poem's title serves a dual purpose: while the speaker
The_Canonization
British mockumentary television sitcom (2001–2003)
social clumsiness, the trivialities of human behaviour, self-importance and conceit, frustration, desperation and fame. The Office is considered to be one
The Office (British TV series)
The_Office_(British_TV_series)
Canadian radio program
shows which further established the world of The Great Eastern. A central conceit of The Great Eastern was that its characters never broke the fourth
The Great Eastern (radio show)
The_Great_Eastern_(radio_show)
2009 novella by James K. Morrow
that "none of the jokes in [the story] are quite as inspired as the central conceit itself", and faulted the heavy use of historical references, which
Shambling_Towards_Hiroshima
1847 novel by Emily Brontë
the Ancients. Boydell & Brewer. OED. McInerney, Peter (1980). "Satanic conceits in Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights". Milton and the Romantics. 4: 1–15
Wuthering_Heights
Canadian actor (born 1980)
that can be done with Leland, but the character comes from a writer's conceits, not from life." A. O. Scott of The New York Times noted that he "struggles
Ryan_Gosling
CENTRAL CONCEIT
CENTRAL CONCEIT
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Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Telugu
Of Variegated Colour
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Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Central; Centre of Body; An Ancient King
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Protector defendant, central
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English
English : variant of Cantrell.
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Muslim
Protector, Defendant, Central
Girl/Female
Muslim
Limitless, Protector, Defendant, Central
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly central)
English (mainly central) : topographic name for someone who lived where holly trees grew, from Middle English holi(n)s, plural of holin, holi(e) (Old English hole(g)n).
Boy/Male
Hindu
Of variegated color
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Central
Surname or Lastname
English (central western England)
English (central western England) : from the Middle English personal name Huwelet, Huwelot, Hughelot, a double diminutive of Hugh formed with the diminutive suffixes -el + -et and -ot. The surname is also established in Ireland.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly central and southeastern England)
English (mainly central and southeastern England) : patronymic from a personal name (see Hawk 1), or a variant of Hawk 2.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly central and northern), Scottish, and Irish
English (chiefly central and northern), Scottish, and Irish : variant of Hanley.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Central; Lord Shiva
Surname or Lastname
English (southeastern and central)
English (southeastern and central) : topographic name for someone who lived by some oak trees, from misdivision of Middle English atten okes ‘at the oaks’ (see Nock).
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Traditional
Central
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Tamil
Central
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly central England)
English (mainly central England) : patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Thomas.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Protector; Defendant; Central
Surname or Lastname
English (central and northern)
English (central and northern) : nickname for a gentle or timid person, from Middle English, Old English hind ‘female deer’.English and Scottish : variant of Hine ‘servant’, with excrescent -d.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Protector; Central; Defendant
CENTRAL CONCEIT
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Hindu
Lord Shiva
Female
Swedish
Feminine form of Norwegian/Swedish Vendel, VENDELA means "a Wend; a wanderer," a term used to refer to migrant Slavs in the sixth century.Â
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Beauty Princess; Angel; Lucky
Male
Native American
Native American Mapuche name ANTINANCO means "eagle of the sun."
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Energetic; Gifted; Brilliant
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Christabelle, CHRISTABEL means "believer" or "follower of Christ" and Belle, "beautiful."Â
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Priceless Rays
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Courageous
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Engrossed
Boy/Male
African, Australian, Christian, Hindu, Indian
Smart; God has Given
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a.
Pertaining to, or situated near, central or deep parts; inner; -- opposed to ectal.
a.
Common to many, or the greatest number; widely spread; prevalent; extensive, though not universal; as, a general opinion; a general custom.
pl.
of Centrum
v. i.
To be placed in a center; to be central.
v. t.
To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
pl.
of Postmaster-general
adv.
In a central manner or situation.
a.
Having a relation to all; common to the whole; as, Adam, our general sire.
adv.
Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; -- opposed to dorsad.
a.
Between the neural arch and the centrum of a vertebra; as, the neurocentral suture.
a.
Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon.
a.
Of or pertaining to the chin; genian; as, the mental nerve; the mental region.
a.
Alt. of Centrical
a.
Placed in the center or middle; central.
n.
The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.
n.
Alt. of Centrale
a.
Of or pertaining to the mind; intellectual; as, mental faculties; mental operations, conditions, or exercise.
a.
Usual; common, on most occasions; as, his general habit or method.