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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.



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