"artistic licence" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} artistic licence (uncountable)
  1. Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by an artist to achieve a desired effect. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: artistic license [US] Related terms: poetic licence Translations (any departure from fact or convention by an artist): 藝術加工 (Chinese Mandarin), 艺术加工 (yìshù jiāgōng) (Chinese Mandarin), kunstnerisk frihed [common-gender] (Danish), taiteellinen vapaus (Finnish), licence artistique [feminine] (French), ლიცენცია (licencia) (Georgian), künstlerische Freiheit [feminine] (German), licenza poetica [feminine] (Italian), kunstnerisk frihet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), licença artística [feminine] (Portuguese), licență artistică (Romanian), licencia artística [feminine] (Spanish), konstnärlig frihet [common-gender] (Swedish)

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