artificiality

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UK/ˌɑː(ɹ).tɪˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ɪ.ti/

noun

The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.

Similar
artifice
Opposite
naturalness
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Meanings

nounartificiality (countable and uncountable, plural artificialities)

plural artificialities

  1. uncountableThe quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.

    The subject of the present work is the history of Marxist doctrine and not of the socialist or communist movement; but in Lenin's case more than in any other it becomes clear that there is a certain artificiality in this distinction.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356

    Antonyms: naturalness

  2. countableSomething artificial.

    Synonyms: artifice

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.

Opposite
naturalness

nounSomething artificial.

Similar
artifice

Origin

From artificial + -ity.

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Translations

Dutch kunstmatigheid
  • kunstmatigheidThe quality of being artificial
German Künstlichkeit, Gekünsteltheit
  • KünstlichkeitThe quality of being artificial
  • GekünsteltheitThe quality of being artificial
  • GeschraubtheitThe quality of being artificial
  • KünsteleiThe quality of being artificial
  • UnnaturThe quality of being artificial
  • UnnatürlichkeitThe quality of being artificial
  • GezwungenheitThe quality of being artificial
Polish sztuczność
  • sztucznośćThe quality of being artificial
Portuguese artificialidade, artificialismo
  • artificialidadeThe quality of being artificial
  • artificialismoThe quality of being artificial
Russian иску́сственность, ненатура́льность
  • иску́сственность (iskússtvennostʹ)The quality of being artificial
  • ненатура́льность (nenaturálʹnostʹ)The quality of being artificial
Tamil செயற்கை, செயற்கை
  • செயற்கை (ceyaṟkai)The quality of being artificial
  • செயற்கை (ceyaṟkai)Something artificial
  • செயற்கைப்பொருள் (ceyaṟkaipporuḷ)Something artificial
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Chicago

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