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1. artificial [ a ] contrived by art rather than nature
Examples: "artificial flowers" "artificial flavoring" "an artificial diamond" "artificial fibers" "artificial sweeteners"

Used in print:

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

The useful suggestion of Professor_David_Hawkins which considers culture as a third stage in biological evolution fits quite beautifully then with our suggestion that science has provided us with a rather successful technique for building protective artificial environments .

(LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)

Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures .

(Robert A. Futterman, The Future of Our Cities....)

The freeway with narrowly spaced interchanges concentrates and mitigates the access problem , but it also acts inevitably as an artificial , isolating boundary .

Synonyms artificial unreal Related Terms natural man-made fake conventionalized ersatz conventionalised painted cardboard factitious arranged celluloid near bionic dummy bleached unreal counterfeit

2. artificial [ a ] artificially formal
Examples: "that artificial humility that her husband hated" "contrived coyness" "a stilted letter of acknowledgment" "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

Synonyms artificial stilted hokey contrived Related Terms affected

3. artificial [ a ] artificially formal
Examples: "that artificial humility that her husband hated" "contrived coyness" "a stilted letter of acknowledgment" "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"

Used in print:

(Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)

There is evidence to suggest , in_fact , that many authors of the humorous sketches were prompted to write them - or to make them as indelicate as they are - by way of protesting against the artificial refinements which had come to dominate the polite letters of the South .

(Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)

One learns to become alert to changes in his vocal tone - to his voice 's suddenly shifting to a quality not like his usual one , a quality which sounds somehow artificial or , in some instances , parrotlike .

Synonyms artificial stilted contrived Related Terms affected

4. artificial [ a ] not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

Synonyms artificial Related Terms inorganic

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