Trickster
noun
A person who cheats or tricks people by means of clever, smart actions and words.
The trickster sold her a faulty phone and disappeared
Often appears as...
- sly trickster
- cunning trickster
noun
A character in mythology, folklore or stories known for playing tricks, generating mischief or breaking rules.
Loki from Norse mythology is often portrayed as a trickster
Often appears as...
- mythical trickster
- legendary trickster
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A person who cheats or tricks people by means of clever, smart actions and words.
The trickster sold her a faulty phone and disappeared
Often appears as...
- sly trickster
- cunning trickster
noun
A character in mythology, folklore or stories known for playing tricks, generating mischief or breaking rules.
Loki from Norse mythology is often portrayed as a trickster
Often appears as...
- mythical trickster
- legendary trickster
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'trickster' typically implies dishonesty and should be used with a negative tone.
Be wary of the trickster lurking around tourists spots.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal Usage
'Trickster' can be used in a playful sense among friends for someone who enjoys harmless pranks.
My brother is such a trickster on April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Describe Behavior
Use 'trickster' to highlight someone's actions, not their personality as a whole.
The salesman was a trickster when he hid the car's defects.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'trickster' typically implies dishonesty and should be used with a negative tone.
Be wary of the trickster lurking around tourists spots.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal Usage
'Trickster' can be used in a playful sense among friends for someone who enjoys harmless pranks.
My brother is such a trickster on April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Describe Behavior
Use 'trickster' to highlight someone's actions, not their personality as a whole.
The salesman was a trickster when he hid the car's defects.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The word 'trickster' typically implies dishonesty and should be used with a negative tone.
Be wary of the trickster lurking around tourists spots.
Pro Tip 2/3Non-literal Usage
'Trickster' can be used in a playful sense among friends for someone who enjoys harmless pranks.
My brother is such a trickster on April Fool's Day.
Pro Tip 3/3Describe Behavior
Use 'trickster' to highlight someone's actions, not their personality as a whole.
The salesman was a trickster when he hid the car's defects.
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What's the definition of...
we use to define the world and ourselves. When we think too highly of our thinking, when we think things are true just because we all say they're logos and stop adapting, we become the butt of jokes played on us by that wacky little trickster, chaos. Comedy conveys that destructive, instructive playfulness,
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The Japanese myth of the...
The monk and salesman laughed, both impressed by this honourable trickster. From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks.
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Is telekinesis real? -...
But afterwards, scientists couldn't replicate his results, and since replication is key to proving an idea, that was a problem. Aside from scientists, there are also countless self-proclaimed telekinetics, but all have been exposed as tricksters,
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A theory of everything PIPE...
And it was like being psychoanalyzed. I mean he had laid it all out. And then coming to this conference, I realized that most everybody here shared those same qualities because really what trickster is is an agent of change.
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Top 5 Slithering Snake...
his cool body showing as blue is quickly warming as it absorbs heat from the other males he's a trickster he's fooled the others by giving off a scent just like a females and they are trying to mate with him
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The myth of Prometheus -...
As hero, rebel, or trickster, Prometheus remains a symbol of our capacity to capture the powers of nature, and ultimately, he reminds us of the potential of individual acts to ignite the world.
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A Collection Of Spring...
his cool body showing as blue is quickly warming as it absorbs heat from the other males he's a trickster he's fooled the others by giving off a scent
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
challenger at least for now the drunko is the kalahari's greatest trickster
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the drongo is the kalahari the greatest trickster
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Drongo Bird Tricks...
The drongo is the Kalahari's greatest trickster.
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What's the definition of...
we use to define the world and ourselves. When we think too highly of our thinking, when we think things are true just because we all say they're logos and stop adapting, we become the butt of jokes played on us by that wacky little trickster, chaos. Comedy conveys that destructive, instructive playfulness,
Video examples
The Japanese myth of the...
The monk and salesman laughed, both impressed by this honourable trickster. From that day on, the tanuki became an esteemed guest of the temple. He could frequently be found telling tales and performing tricks that amused even the most serious monks.
Video examples
Is telekinesis real? -...
But afterwards, scientists couldn't replicate his results, and since replication is key to proving an idea, that was a problem. Aside from scientists, there are also countless self-proclaimed telekinetics, but all have been exposed as tricksters,
Video examples
A theory of everything PIPE...
And it was like being psychoanalyzed. I mean he had laid it all out. And then coming to this conference, I realized that most everybody here shared those same qualities because really what trickster is is an agent of change.
Video examples
Top 5 Slithering Snake...
his cool body showing as blue is quickly warming as it absorbs heat from the other males he's a trickster he's fooled the others by giving off a scent just like a females and they are trying to mate with him
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The myth of Prometheus -...
As hero, rebel, or trickster, Prometheus remains a symbol of our capacity to capture the powers of nature, and ultimately, he reminds us of the potential of individual acts to ignite the world.
Video examples
A Collection Of Spring...
his cool body showing as blue is quickly warming as it absorbs heat from the other males he's a trickster he's fooled the others by giving off a scent
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
challenger at least for now the drunko is the kalahari's greatest trickster
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the drongo is the kalahari the greatest trickster
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Drongo Bird Tricks...
The drongo is the Kalahari's greatest trickster.
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Neil Cross
British Novelist
Luther' is absolutely a monster-of-the-week show. Although it's post-watershed and is rendered in intense graphic novel-style images, it's inspiration is not that different from 'Doctor Who' as in both cases you've got a trickster figure who fights the monster of the week and is eventually successful.
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Alfred Molina
English Actor
And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.
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Scott Derrickson
American Director
I'm not standing above the audience trying to manipulate them as a puppet master or a trickster; I'm inside the story I'm writing and making and thinking about things very seriously and feeling very deeply at times, and trying to translate that into a narrative.
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Manfred von Richthofen
German Aviator
Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
Prometheus - trickster, rebel and hero - links the realm of the gods with the world of humanity, with which he had such close affinity. His act of stealing fire has been viewed as the foundation of all man's technologies.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.
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Joy Harjo
American Poet
When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.
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Christopher Moore
American Writer
All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.
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Neil Cross
British Novelist
Luther' is absolutely a monster-of-the-week show. Although it's post-watershed and is rendered in intense graphic novel-style images, it's inspiration is not that different from 'Doctor Who' as in both cases you've got a trickster figure who fights the monster of the week and is eventually successful.
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Alfred Molina
English Actor
And I think it's because good cons are all based on the victim's need, and the successful con artist is the one, I guess, who can exploit that. I remember reading something about this, that one of the great traits of confidence tricksters is the level that they flatter their victim.
Quote examples
Scott Derrickson
American Director
I'm not standing above the audience trying to manipulate them as a puppet master or a trickster; I'm inside the story I'm writing and making and thinking about things very seriously and feeling very deeply at times, and trying to translate that into a narrative.
Quote examples
Manfred von Richthofen
German Aviator
Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.
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Neil MacGregor
British Historian
Prometheus - trickster, rebel and hero - links the realm of the gods with the world of humanity, with which he had such close affinity. His act of stealing fire has been viewed as the foundation of all man's technologies.
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Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Trickster stories are pleasurable, contradictory, annoying, abrasive. They're powerful, transformational acts of liberation because they are not nailed down to the real, to the representation of something in the world.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom.
Quote examples
Joy Harjo
American Poet
When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.
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Christopher Moore
American Writer
All of the trickster, rascal characters that I write have the voice I aspire to. In real life, you can't be that obnoxious and get away with it.
Quote examples
Gerald Vizenor
American Writer
Naanabozho was the first tribal trickster on the earth.
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