factitious

adj.

1. Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
2. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham: speculators responsible for the factitious value of some stocks.

[From Latin factīcius, from factus, past participle of facere, to make.]

factitiously fac·ti'tious·ly adv.
factitiousness fac·ti'tious·ness n.

adjective

Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads: artificial, plastic, synthetic, unnatural. See honest/dishonest.

adj

Definition: bogus
Antonyms: genuine

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(faktish′us)
adj

False or self-manufactured.

Artificial; not natural.

contrived; artificial

IN BRIEF: Not natural or genuine.

The whole speech seemed to be factitious so I could not believe in its content.

Tutor's tip: The collector made a "factious" (quarrelsome) remark to the "fatuous" (silly, inane) shopkeeper who tried to sell her a "factitious" (lacking authenticity) antique with a "fictitious" (invented) history.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kunstig

Nederlands (Dutch)
kunstmatig

Français (French)
adj. - factice

Deutsch (German)
adj. - künstlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - υποκριτικός, προσποιητός, πλασματικός, πλαστός

Italiano (Italian)
artificiale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - artificial

Русский (Russian)
иискусственный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - artificial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - konstlad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
人为的, 人工的, 不自然的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人為的, 人工的, 不自然的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 당파적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人為的な, 人工的な, 見せかけの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متكلف , مصطنع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מזוייף, מלאכותי‬

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