artificial
Pronunciation: /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
The English word “artificial” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
- Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.
- Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
- Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
- Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.
Etymology
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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