artificiality
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- noun
- /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃiˌælɪti/
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artificialidad
- The artificiality of the decorations made the party feel less genuine.
- artificiality is perceived
Examples
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I don't want all of this calculated artificiality.
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In that essay, Judge Kozinski decried the artificiality of law school student moot courts.
Blog text (10) -
In itself, there is nothing wrong with the artificiality of learning tools.
Blog text (27) -
As with all experiments, this study is characterized by a degree of artificiality.
Academic text (2016) -
When in Singapore, I also have this feeling of artificiality and sterility about its society.
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For an artist dissatisfied with the perceived artificiality of professional models, these figures might provide a promising alternative.
Academic text (2007) -
What Giacomo specifically loves about books, Sartre argues, is their artificiality.
Academic text (2002) -
None of the items possessed distinctive high-contrast boundaries that would have lent them an air of artificiality.
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As a historical novel, it approaches the Scottian model in pointing to the artificiality of history as a monolithic discourse.
Academic text (1997) -
Grove's response could be viewed as his personal credo, a stand against the pretension and artificiality that often characterized learned discourse.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
The state of being made by people rather than found in nature
Antonyms
How Artificial
Surface Forms
Morphology
artificiality = artificial (transparent) = artificial + ity
The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'artificial' with the productive suffix '-ity' meaning 'state or quality of'.
Etymology
Artificiality comes from artificial, which originally meant 'made by skill' and is related to art and artist. So artificiality is the quality or state of being 'made by people' rather than natural.