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Artificial

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Adjective

1. artificial, unreal

contrived by art rather than nature

Example Sentences:
'artificial flowers'
'artificial flavoring'
'an artificial diamond'
'artificial fibers'
'artificial sweeteners'

2. artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted

artificially formal

Example Sentences:
'that artificial humility that her husband hated'
'contrived coyness'
'a stilted letter of acknowledgment'
'when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation'

3. artificial

not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Artificial

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adjective
1. 
produced by humankind; not occurring naturally
artificial materials of great strength
2. 
made in imitation of a natural product, esp as a substitute; not genuine
artificial cream
3. 
pretended; assumed; insincere
an artificial manner
4. 
lacking in spontaneity; affected
an artificial laugh
5. biology
relating to superficial characteristics not based on the interrelationships of organisms
an artificial classification

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Artificial

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adjective
1. 
made by human work or art, not by nature; not natural
2. 
made in imitation of or as a substitute for something natural; simulated
artificial teeth
3. 
unnatural in an affected way
an artificial smile
4. 
pretended
5.  Biology
designating or of a system of classification based on only a few characteristics, as color

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Artificial

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adj.
1.
a. Made by humans, especially in imitation of something natural: an artificial sweetener that replaces sugar; artificial flowers.
b. Not arising from natural or necessary causes; contrived or arbitrary: "Hausa [in Niger] ... are separated from their brethren in Nigeria by a porous and artificial border that the colonial powers left behind" (Jeffrey Tayler).
2. Affected or insincere: an artificial smile.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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