artificial
Meaning
- Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
- Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
- 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.
Opposite of
natural
Synonyms
not genuine
Translations
artificiel
künstlich
artificial
artificiale
artificial
kunstmatig
artificial
τεχνητός
yapayFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌɑː(ɹ).təˈfɪʃ.əl/
Etymology
In summary
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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