About The Word Factitious
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Factitious
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What's The Definition Of Factitious?
[adj] not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Factitious: artificial | unreal Related Terms | Find terms related to Factitious: affected | artificial | assumed | bogus | counterfeit | counterfeited | engineered | fabricated | faked | false | falsified | feigned | forced | imitation | insincere | man-made | manufactured | mock | pretended | rigged | set up | sham | simulated | spurious | synthetic | unauthentic | unreal See Also | Factitious In Webster's Dictionary \Fac*ti"tious\, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make.
See {Fact}, and cf. {Fetich}.]
Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;
artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or
conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or
rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a
factitious taste. -- {Fac-ti"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Fac*ti"tious-ness}, n.
He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an
incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. --De Quincey.
Syn: Unnatural.
Usage: {Factitious}, {Unnatural}. Anything is unnatural when
it departs in any way from its simple or normal state;
it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up
by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An
unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one
which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a
factitious demand is one created by active exertions
for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater
than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one
wrought up with care and effort.
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