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fac⋅ti⋅tious

  [fak-tish-uhs]
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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.
Origin:
1640–50; < L factīcius made by art, artificial. See fact, -itious

Related forms:
fac⋅ti⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
fac⋅ti⋅tious⋅ness, noun
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fac·ti·tious   (fāk-tĭsh'əs)   
adj.  

  1. Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.

  2. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham: speculators responsible for the factitious value of some stocks.


[From Latin factīcius, from factus, past participle of facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fac·ti'tious·ly adv., fac·ti'tious·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

factitious 
1646, 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 diti, 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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fac·ti·tious
Pronunciation: fak-'tish-&s
Function: adjective
: not produced by natural means
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Medical Dictionary

factitious fac·ti·tious (fāk-tĭsh'əs)
adj.
Produced artificially rather than by a natural process.

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