meaning of artificial
1. 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. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
3. Artful; cunning; crafty.
4. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
5. 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
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