artificial

About 18.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.

   The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.

2. adjective Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned.

   Her manner was somewhat artificial.

3. adjective Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc.
4. adjective Based on characteristics useful for identification, without regard for the formal differences used in classification.
5. adjective Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand.

Similar words

factitious man-made contrived faux fake ersatz affected false simulated imitation

Often followed by

intelligence and insemination light respiration means neural life flowers

Word family

artificialities artificiality artificially artificialness artificialnesses