artificiality
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təˌfɪʃ noun, plural ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ties.
1.
artificial quality.
2.
an artificial thing or trait: artificialities of speech.
Related forms
o·ver·ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty, noun, plural o·ver·ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ties.
su·per·ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty, noun, plural su·per·ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ties.
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artificial (ˌɑːtɪˈfɪʃəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | produced by man; not occurring naturally: artificial materials of great strength |
| 2. | made in imitation of a natural product, esp as a substitute; not genuine: artificial cream |
| 3. | pretended; assumed; insincere: an artificial manner |
| 4. | lacking in spontaneity; affected: an artificial laugh |
| 5. | biology relating to superficial characteristics not based on the interrelationships of organisms: an artificial classification |
| [C14: from Latin artificiālis belonging to art, from artificium skill, | |
| artificiality | |
| —n | |
| arti'ficially | |
| —adv | |
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Artificiality
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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In fact, it allows the price of these funeral goods to be kept artificiality high.
The enhanced experimental efficiency that this approach has to offer far outweighs its artificiality drawbacks.
We reproach the eighteenth century with its artificiality.
There are alternatives to data suppression including data smoothing, aggregation and artificiality.
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