artificial
ar.ti.fi.cial \.a:rt-*-'fish-*l\ \.a:rt-*-.fish-(e--)-'al-*t-e-\
\.a:rt-*-'fish-*-le-\ aj 1a: contrived by art rather than nature 1b:
produced or effected by man to imitate nature : SIMULATED 2: having
existence in legal, economic, or political theory obs 3: ARTFUL, CUNNING
4a: FEIGNED, ASSUMED 4b: AFFECTED, STILTED 4c: IMITATION, SHAM 5: based
on differential morphological characters not necessarily indicative of
natural relationshipso being not by nature but by art of effort. ARTIFICIAL
is applicable to anything that is not the result of natural process or
conditions {the state is an artificial society} but esp. to something that
has a counterpart in nature; FACTITIOUS applies chiefly to emotions or
states of mind not naturally caused or spontaneously aroused; SYNTHETIC
applies esp. to a manufactured substance or to a natural substance so
treated that it acquires the appearance or qualities of another and may
substitute for it; all three terms may suggest a lack of the natural and
spontaneous in social or personal matters - ar.ti.fi.ci.al.i.ty n SYN syn
ARTIFICIAL, FACTITIOUS, SYNTHETIC mean brought int