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adjective
1.
not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
2.
made; manufactured: a decoration of factitious flowers and leaves.
Related forms
fac·ti·tious·ly, adverb
fac·ti·tious·ness, noun
non·fac·ti·tious, adjective
non·fac·ti·tious·ly, adverb
non·fac·ti·tious·ness, noun
EXPANDo·ver·fac·ti·tious, adjective
COLLAPSECan be confused: 1. facetious, factious, factitious, fictional, fictitious; 2. factitious, fictional, fictitious, fictive.
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Word Origin & History
factitious
1640s, from L. factitius "artificial," from factus, pp. of facere "do" (cf. Fr. faire, Sp. hacer), from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (cf. Skt. dadhati "puts, places;" Avestan dadaiti "he puts;" O.Pers. ada "he made;" Hitt. dai- "to place;" Gk. tithenai "to put, set, place;" Lith. deti "to put;" Czech
EXPANDditi, Pol. dziac', Rus. det' "to hide," delat' "to do;" O.H.G. tuon, Ger. tun, O.S., O.E. don "to do;" O.Fris. dua, O.Swed. duon, Goth. gadeths "a doing;" O.N. dalidun "they did").
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factitious fac·ti·tious (fāk-tĭsh'əs)
adj.
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.
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