artificial.
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
Meaning & usage
Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.
Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
Her manner was somewhat artificial.
Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English artificial (“man-made”) via Old French (modern French artificiel), from Latin artificiālis from artificium (“skill”), from artifex, from ars (“skill”), and -fex, from facere (“to make”). Displaced native Old English cræftlīċ.
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