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/ahr'teuh fish'ee al"i tee/, n., pl. artificialities.1. artificial quality.2. an artificial thing or trait: artificialities of speech.[1755-65; ARTIFICIAL + -ITY]
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Artificiality — Ar ti*fi ci*al i*ty, n. The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
artificiality — index artifice, false pretense, pretense (ostentation) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
artificiality — artificial ► ADJECTIVE 1) made as a copy of something natural. 2) contrived or affected. DERIVATIVES artificiality noun artificially adverb. ORIGIN from Latin artificium, from ars art + facere make … English terms dictionary
artificiality — noun see artificial … New Collegiate Dictionary
artificiality — noun /ˌɑː(ɹ).tɪˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ɪ.ti/ a) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally. b) Something artificial … Wiktionary
artificiality — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of sincerity: ambidexterity, disingenuousness, insincerity, phoniness. See HONEST … English dictionary for students
artificiality — n. quality of being man made, quality of being unnatural or manufacturedar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty || ‚ɑËtɪfɪʃɪ ælÉ™tɪ … English contemporary dictionary
artificiality — n. Artificialness. See artificial … New dictionary of synonyms
artificiality — ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty … English syllables
artificiality — See: artificial … English dictionary
