en deus ex machina

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: JMDict 1.07, English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • es deus ex machina (n, person) ➜
  • fi deus ex machina (n, person) ➜
  • fr deus ex machina (n, person) ➜
  • he דֶּאוּס-אֶקְס-מָכִינָה (n, person) ➜
  • ja デウス エクス マキナ (n) ➜
  • ja デウス・エクス・マキナ (n, person) ➜
  • ja デウスエクスマキナ (n) ➜
  • pt deus ex machina (n, person) ➜
  • th อัศวินม้าขาว (n, person) ➜
  • de deus ex machina ➜
  • el απο μηχανησ θεοσ ➜
  • es deus ex máchina ➜
  • fi deus ex machina ➜
  • fi keinotekoinen juonenkäänne ➜
  • fr deus ex machina ➜
  • grc απο μηχανησ θεοσ ➜
  • it deus ex machina ➜
  • ja どんでん返し ➜
  • ja デウスエクスマキナ ➜
  • ko 데우스 엑스 마키나 ➜
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Related terms

  • en anticlimax (n) ➜
  • en dea ex machina (n) ➜
  • en actor ➜
  • en agent ➜
  • en contrived ➜
  • en crane ➜
  • en dea ex machina ➜
  • en due ➜
  • en external ➜
  • en god ➜
  • en internal ➜
  • en logic ➜
  • en machine ➜
  • en regard ➜
  • en resolution ➜
  • en solution ➜
  • en stage ➜
  • en suspension of disbelief ➜
  • en trapdoor ➜
  • fr deus ex machina ➜
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Word forms

  • en dei ex machina (n) ➜
  • en dei ex machinis (n) ➜
  • en deus ex machinas (n) ➜
  • en di ex machina (n) ➜
  • en dii ex machina (n) ➜

Etymological roots of "deus ex machina"

  • grc απο μηχανησ θεοσ ➜
  • la deus ex machina ➜

Context of this term

  • en authorship ➜
  • en historical ➜

deus ex machina is a type of…

  • en causal agent (n, wn) ➜

Derived from

  • la deus (n) ➜

Etymologically related

  • la deus ➜
  • la ex ➜
  • la machina ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 110029580-n
  • en.wiktionary.org deus ex machina
  • fr.wiktionary.org deus ex machina
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