Factitious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
  • adj. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham: speculators responsible for the factitious value of some stocks.
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  • adj. Created by humans; artificial.
  • adj. Counterfeit, fabricated.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Made by or resulting from art, in distinction from that which is produced by or conformable to nature; artificial; conventional.
  • Synonyms Artificial, Factitious, Unnatural. Artificial means done by art, as opposed to natural. That is unnatural which departs in any way from what is natural: as, unnatural excitement. An artificial or factitious demand in the market is one that is manufactured, the latter being the more laboriously worked up; a factitious demand exists only in the invention of one and the imagination of another; an unnatural demand is greater than the laws of trade would produce.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. not produced by natural forces
    • Equivalent
    unreal    artificial   
    Cross Reference
    fictitious   
    Form
    factitiously    factitiousness   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unnatural    artificial    sham    contrived    false   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Delicious    ambitious    auspicious    capricious    delicious   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fictitious    adventitious    unsubstantial    newfound    farfetched   
     
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