DEUS EX MACHINA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("deus ex machina" is a kind of...):

causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

Credits