factitious
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fac·ti·tious
(făk-tĭsh'əs) 
adj.
factitiousness fac·ti'tious·ness n.
adj.
- Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
- 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.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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factitious
adjective
- Marked by unnaturalness, pretension, and often a slavish love of fads: artificial, plastic, synthetic, unnatural. See honest/dishonest.
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factitious
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.
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Factitious
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
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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