Synonyms:
artificial, unreal
Meaning: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
Synonyms:
artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted
Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
An air of artificial constraint
Her hair was an artificial yellow.
"It is practically an artificial dream.
In these there was nothing artificial, nothing transient.
In one of my hives, was an artificial swarm of the previous year.
A straightforward man is more an artificial product than a diplomatist is.
An artificial island may be made to attract ducks, when there is no real one.
Their dentists filled teeth with gold; their farmers hatched poultry by artificial heat.
We worked over you with artificial respiration till it looked as if there was a chance for you.
The artificial line, as well as that to which the two coils are joined, are connected to earth.