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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