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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

artificially, false or unnaturally created or manufactured;

e.g. Most of the report is made up of factitious information.

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Similar Words

Affected

Artificial

Bogus

Contrived

Cutesy

Dummy

Ersatz

Fake

False

Faux

Feigned

Forced

Imitation

Imitative

Man-made

Mechanical

Mimic

Mock

Phony

Pinchbeck

Plastic

Pretend

Pseudo

Put-on

Sham

Simulated

Spurious

Strained

Substitute

Synthetic

Unnatural

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Opposite Words

Artless

Authentic

Bona fide

Certifiable

Certified

Easy

Effortless

Extemporaneous

Genuine

Honest

Impromptu

Impulsive

Instinctive

Legitimate

Natural

Premium

Pukka

Pure

Quality

Real

Realistic

Right

Sincere

Smooth

Spontaneous

True

Unaffected

Unconscious

Unfaked

Unfeigned

Unforced

Unprompted

Unrehearsed

Unstudied

Valuable

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Related Words

Adulterated

Affected

Apish

Artful

Automatic

Bogus

Brummagem

Calculated

Canned

Conscious

Conventional

Counterfeit

Cultivated

Cultured

Cute

Deceptive

Deliberate

Designer

Empty

Exaggerated

Facile

Fake

False

Feigned

Forged

Fraudulent

Genteel

Goody-goody

Histrionic

Hokey

Hollow

Hypocritical

Imitative

Impersonal

Inauthentic

Inflexible

Insincere

Labored

Left-handed

Mealy

Mealymouthed

Mimetic

Mimic

Mincing

Pat

Phony

Pinchbeck

Premeditated

Process

Pseudo

Queer

Rigid

Sham

Slavish

Snide

Spurious

Stiff

Studied

Theatrical

Two-faced

Unauthentic

Unctuous

Unoriginal

Unreal

Unrealistic

Wooden

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