artificial

Significado (Inglês)

  1. Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
  2. Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
  3. Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
  4. Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
  5. Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.

Oposto de
natural
Freqüência

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˌɑː(ɹ).təˈfɪʃ.əl/
Etimologia (Inglês)

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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