The Only Use of
contrived
in
Into the Wild
- McCandless's contrived asceticism and a pseudoliterary stance compound rather than reduce the fault...McCandless's postcards, notes, and journals .†
p. 72.3contrived = unnatural or arranged
Definition:
unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)