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plot armor

plot armor noun: a plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machina.

Noun

plot armor (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, sometimes) A plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machina.
    Synonyms:
    plot shield, character shield

Synonyms of plot armor

  • plot shield
  • character shield

Questions about plot armor

What does plot armor mean?
Plot armor means a plot device wherein a fictional character or other entity repeatedly and inexplicably avoids harm or misfortune, due to their importance to the work's continued plot; the property of being prone to deus ex machina.
What part of speech is plot armor?
Plot armor is a noun.

Words near plot armor in the dictionary

  1. PLOSL
  2. plosophoric
  3. Ploss
  4. Plosses
  5. plot
  6. plot armor
  7. plot armour
  8. plot bunnies
  9. plot bunny
  10. plot coupon
  11. plot coupons

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