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- Dictionaryartificiality/ˌɑːtɪˌfɪʃɪˈalɪti/
noun
- 1. the quality of being made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally: "vigorous debates about the authenticity of the original and the artificiality of the copy"
- 2. insincerity or affectedness: "he claimed to have been horrified by the artificiality of his actors during the making of his first feature film"
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the quality of not being real or sincere: Soap operas use complex characters to distract us from the artificiality of the genre. There was a nervous artificiality to her laugh. See. artificial. Fewer examples. There's an almost unnerving quietness and a touch of artificiality about the area.
Artificiality is the quality of being artificial—made or manufactured as opposed to occurring naturally. Artificial is often used as the opposite of natural. A close synonym of artificial is synthetic .
1. : humanly contrived (see contrive sense 1b) often on a natural model : man-made. an artificial limb. artificial diamonds. 2. a. : having existence in legal, economic, or political theory. b. : caused or produced by a human and especially social or political agency. an artificial price advantage.
Artificiality (the state of being artificial or anthropogenic) is the state of being the product of intentional human manufacture, rather than occurring naturally through processes not involving or requiring human activity.
the fact of being created by people rather than existing or happening naturally. the artificiality of international boundaries. Check pronunciation: artificiality. Definition of artificiality noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally.
artificiality - the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally. unnaturalness - the quality of being unnatural or not based on natural principles. staginess, theatricality - an artificial and mannered quality. pretence, pretension, pretense - a false or unsupportable quality.
