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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
factitious
adj 1: not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a
factitious demand for stocks"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Factitious \Fac*ti"tious\, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make.
See Fact, and cf. Fetich.]
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;
artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an
artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural,
standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or
jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti"tious*ly, adv. --
Fac*ti"tious*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an
incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. --De Quincey.
Syn: Unnatural.
Usage: Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when
it departs in any way from its simple or normal state;
it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up
by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An
unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one
which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a
factitious demand is one created by active exertions
for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater
than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one
wrought up with care and effort.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for Factitious:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, counterfeit, counterfeited, engineered, fabricated, faked, false, falsified, feigned, forced, imitation, insincere, man-made, manufactured, mock, pretended, rigged, set up, sham, simulated, spurious, synthetic, unauthentic, unreal |
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