artificial Definition

artificial
adj

1. Made by human effort; not occurring naturally.
2. Imitating something natural, especially in order to become a cheaper substitute for the natural product.

Thesaurus: simulated, unreal, synthetic, bogus, ersatz, imitation, pseudo, sham, spurious, manufactured, pretend, counterfeit, fake, phoney (slang); Antonym: natural, genuine, real.
3. Said of someone, their behaviour, etc: not genuine or sincere; premeditated, rehearsed.

Thesaurus: feigned, affected, unnatural, insincere, specious, mannered, factitious, stagy, plastic, phoney (slang); Antonym: sincere.

Derivative: artificiality
noun

Derivative: artificially
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from Latin artificialis.