factitious 音标拼音: [fækt'ɪʃəs]
a . 人为的,不自然的,人工的
人为的,不自然的,人工的
factitious adj 1 :
not produced by natural forces ; "
brokers created a factitious demand for stocks "
Factitious \
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 ;
contrived ;
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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
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