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artistic license

deliberate distortion of rules or convention for aesthetic reasons
Class type of: trope Q922131

Facts

3 properties
Subclass of
trope[1]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[3][4][5][6]
Has part(s)
poetic licence[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en artistic licence en license en licence en artistic license ar الترخيص الفني cs básnická licence da Kunstnerisk frihed de Künstlerische Freiheit es licencia artística fa اختیارات شاعری fi taiteellinen vapaus fi taiteen vapaus fi taiteilijan vapaus fr liberté artistique fr licence artistique fr licence poétique he חירות דרמטית hu művészi szabadság id Lisensi puitika it licenza artistica
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85103702
FOLDOC ID
Artistic+license
Freebase ID
/m/01x_vv
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1927855
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007558375505171
TV Tropes ID
Main/ArtisticLicense
Yale LUX ID
concept/18b9963c-1919-41e0-a01a-9d0bca687720

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Described by source 2
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
Has part(s) 1
poetic licence
Subclass of 1
trope
Subtypes 1
poetic licence
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  1. 5w ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Subclass of: trope"
  2. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → poetic licence
    Aliases → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007558375505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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