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   artificiality

   /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"
   • ▪ the quality of being contrived or false: "users complain about the artificiality of war games"
   • 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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   What does artificiality mean?

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   What does it mean if someone is artificial?

   • If you describe someone or their behaviour as artificial, you disapprove of them because they pretend to have attitudes and feelings which they do not really have. The voice was patronizing and affected, the accent artificial. ... the artificiality of all relationships in that nervous city.

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   What is an example of artificiality?

   • For example, by identifying and imitating natural means of pattern formation, some types of automata have been used to generate organic-looking textures for more realistic shading of 3D objects. Look up artificiality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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   What is a synonym for artificial?

   • A close synonym of artificial is synthetic. This sense of the word is often used in the context of food to describe things like ingredients, flavors, additives, and preservatives that are chemically processed. Food packaging often specifies whether a product has natural or artificial flavors (or both).

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   Artificiality is the quality of being made by people, often as a copy of something natural, or the quality of not being real or sincere. Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, and its translations in different languages.

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     ARTIFICIALITY meaning: 1. the quality of being made by...

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     ARTIFICIALITY definicja: 1. the quality of being made by...

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     not sincere; not truly intended: an artificial smile....

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   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.

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   ARTIFICIALITY definition: artificial quality | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

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   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.

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   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.

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   not sincere; not truly intended: an artificial smile. artificiality. noun [ U ] us / ˌɑr·t̬əˌfɪʃ·iˈæl·ət̬·i / The actors were encouraged to speak in flat, speedy tones (= quality of the voice), reinforcing the artificiality of an already unreal-seeming piece.

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   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.