Thesaurus: artificial

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1. a. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
2. a. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
3. a. Artful; cunning; crafty.
4. a. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
5. adj. contrived by art rather than nature
6. adj. artificially formal
7. adj. not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
8. j:100 a. contrived by art rather than nature s. artificially formal s. not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes