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Synonyms for artifact
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ahr-tuh-fakt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr təˌfækt |
Top 10 synonyms for artifact Other synonyms for the word artifact
- achievement
- aftermath
- archaism
- artifact
- artisanship
- blend
- brew
- by-product
- bygone
- calling
- compound
- concoction
- confection
- consequence
- contrivance
- craftship
- creation
- curiosity
- decoction
- design
- device
- effect
- emolument
- evidence
- fable
- fabrication
- fairy story
- fake
- falsehood
- fib
- fiction
- figment
- forgery
- fragment
- fruit
- gain
- handiwork
- heirloom
- hogwash
- invention
- issue
- jazz
- jive
- keepsake
- legacy
- line
- manufacture
- memento
- memorial
- merchandise
- métier
- monument
- myth
- objet d'art
- offshoot
- opus
- outcome
- outgrowth
- output
- preparation
- produce
- product
- production
- profession
- profit
- rarity
- realization
- relic
- remains
- remembrance
- remembrancer
- reminder
- remnant
- residue
- result
- returns
- ruin
- ruins
- scrap
- smoke
- song and dance
- souvenir
- spinoff
- stock
- survival
- synthetic
- testimonial
- token
- trace
- trade
- trophy
- untruth
- upshot
- vestige
- vocation
- work
- yarn
- yield
Définition of artifact
Origin :- 1821, artefact, "anything made by human art," from Italian artefatto, from Latin arte "by skill" (ablative of ars "art;" see art (n.)) + factum "thing made," from facere "to make, do" (see factitious). The spelling with -i- is by 1884, by influence of the Latin stem. Archaeological application dates from 1890.
- As in product : noun result or goods created
- As in relic : noun something saved from the past
- As in fabrication : noun lie
- As in antique : noun old object, often of great value
- As in handicraft : noun artwork, skill
- The artifact and the experience leading to it appear as different entities.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- The nature which science defines is an artifact or construct.
- Extract from : « The Approach to Philosophy » by Ralph Barton Perry
- From the Tank Site the artifact yield per cubic foot almost doubled that of the 1947 season.
- Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
- Now the other extreme has the artifact versus the naturifact and the talk of culture in such loose terms as preblade industries.
- Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
- Its skin looked so exactly like that of a carabao that uncharitable persons had suggested that it was an artifact.
- Extract from : « The Philippines Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2) » by Dean Conant Worcester
- It was an artifact—a crumbling ruin, the remnant of an ancient structure whose original appearance I could not fathom.
- Extract from : « Where the World is Quiet » by Henry Kuttner
- Finds from oystershell and artifact layer beneath topsoil southeast of the existing house.
- Extract from : « Contributions From the Museum of History and Technology » by Ivor Noel Hume
- Artifact (L)—an object of human workmanship, especially one of prehistoric origin.
- Extract from : « Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types » by James W. Cambron
- Each drawing embodies the logic of the future artifact, no matter how useful or even how ephemeral.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
- Written about in religious books, love starts a journey from naturalness to artifact.
- Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
Antonyms for artifact
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