artificial - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'artificial' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Artificial

[ 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.
- Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
- Artful; cunning; crafty.
- Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.

Meaning of 'artificial' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . artificial

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- contrived by art rather than nature

Example in sentence:

an artificial diamond;
artificial fibers;
artificial flavoring;
artificial flowers;
artificial sweeteners

2 . artificial

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- artificially formal

Example in sentence:

a stilted letter of acknowledgment;
contrived coyness;
that artificial humility that her husband hated;
when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation

Nearby Words:

art art union artemia artemisia arteriac arterial arterialization arterialize arterialized arterializing

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