artificial
adjective
[ ɑːtɪˈfɪʃ(ə)l ]
• made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural.
• "her skin glowed in the artificial light"
• (of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected.
• "she gave an artificial smile"
Similar:
feigned,
insincere,
false,
affected,
mannered,
unnatural,
stilted,
contrived,
pretended,
put-on,
exaggerated,
actorly,
overdone,
overripe,
forced,
laboured,
strained,
hollow,
spurious,
pretend,
phoney,
fakey,
hammy,
ham,
campy,
• (of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural.
• "the Italian team began with an artificial club"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French artificiel or Latin artificialis, from artificium ‘handicraft’ (see artifice).
