Factitious
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /fækˈtɪʃəs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Factitious is an adjective meaning Created by humans; artificial.
Meaning
Created by humans; artificial.
More Meanings
- (formal) Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.
Example Sentences
Manners are partly factitious, but, mainly, there must be capacity for culture in the blood. Else all culture is vain.
[…] To prevent a prisoner's escape, to prevent his suborning testimony, and arranging a factitious tale with those without, may justify many precautions."
Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.
[...] if from erosion of the gums, by such things as restore them, strengthen and bind them; if wanting, it may be helped by the factitious; their ſordes are removed, by washing and cleaning them; and their blacknesse, by dentifrices.
Synonyms for factitious
Depending on context, synonyms include artificial, unreal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include artificial, unreal, factitial, man-made, human-made, person-made.
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