Factitious
[fæk'tɪʃəs]
Definition
(adj.) not produced by natural forces; 'brokers created a factitious demand for stocks' .
Edited by Bonita--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste.
Checked by Edmond
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Artificial, made by art, not natural.
Typist: Tim
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Artificial, affected, euphuistic, conventional, cramped, finical, ascititious,spurious
ANT:Natural, unaffected, genial, truthful, genuine, pure
Typist: Natalie
Definition
adj. made by art in opposition to what is natural or spontaneous: conventional.—adv. Facti′tiously.—n. Facti′tiousness.—adjs. Fac′titive causative; Fac′tive (obs.) making.
Checker: Lucille
Examples
- He threw out biting remarks on Lydgate's tricks, worthy only of a quack, to get himself a factitious reputation with credulous people. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But there she stood, pale and drawn, yet radiating the factitious energy of one who has passed beyond fatigue. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
Checker: Lucille