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artificial definition
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Grep of noun artificial artificial additive artificial blood artificial flower artificial heart artificial horizon artificial insemination artificial intelligence artificial joint artificial kidney artificial lake artificial language artificial pacemaker artificial respiration artificial satellite artificial skin artificiality jarvik artificial heart Overview of adj artificial The adj artificial has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) artificial, unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners") 2. (2) artificial, contrived, stilted -- (artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation") 3. artificial -- (not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes) Antonyms of adj artificial 3 senses of artificial Sense 1 artificial (vs. natural), unreal natural (vs. artificial) => fresh(postnominal) => unbleached, uncolored, undyed Sense 2 artificial, contrived, stilted INDIRECT (VIA affected) -> unaffected Sense 3 artificial INDIRECT (VIA inorganic) -> organic Similarity of adj artificial 3 senses of artificial Sense 1 artificial (vs. natural), unreal => arranged, staged => bleached, colored, coloured, dyed => celluloid, synthetic => conventionalized, conventionalised, stylized, stylised => dummy => ersatz, imitation, substitute(prenominal) => factitious => fake, false, faux, imitation, simulated => man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic => near => painted => cardboard, unlifelike Also See-> counterfeit#1, imitative#3; unreal#1 Sense 2 artificial, contrived, stilted => affected (vs. unaffected), unnatural Sense 3 artificial => inorganic (vs. organic) Attributes of adj artificial Familiarity of adj artificial artificial used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj artificial artificial Overview of adj artificial The adj artificial has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) artificial, unreal -- (contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners") 2. (2) artificial, contrived, stilted -- (artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation") 3. artificial -- (not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes)
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