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Artificial Adjective ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃl Limb/Flower/Sweetener/Fertilizer Lighting/Light Job Interview

Word3 artificial
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl/ /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃl/
Example
  • an artificial limb/flower/sweetener/fertilizer
  • artificial lighting/light
  • a job interview is a very artificial situation.
  • the artificial barriers of race, class and gender
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artificial

(adjective)/ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃl/ /ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃl/
  1. made or produced to copy something natural; not real
    • an artificial limb/flower/sweetener/fertilizer
    • artificial lighting/light

    Extra Examples

    • All food served in the restaurant is completely free from any artificial colours and flavours.
    • I don't like having to do detailed work in artificial light.
    • The patient was kept alive by the artificial heart for nearly two months.
  2. created by people; not happening naturally
    • A job interview is a very artificial situation.
    • the artificial barriers of race, class and gender

    Extra Examples

    • It would be entirely artificial to try and divorce the two issues.
    • They use rather artificial examples.
    • a patently artificial contrivance
  3. not what it appears to be
    • SYNONYM fake
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/fake_2
    • artificial emotion

    Word Origin

    • late Middle English: from Old French artificiel or Latin artificialis, from artificium ‘handicraft’, based on ars, art- ‘art’ + facere ‘make’.
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