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Antonyms for artificial

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ahr-tuh-fish-uhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɑr təˈfɪʃ əl

Definition of artificial

Origin :
  • late 14c., in the phrase artificial day "part of the day from sunrise to sunset," from Old French artificial, from Latin artificialis "of or belonging to art," from artificium (see artifice). Meaning "made by man" (opposite of natural) is from early 15c. Applied to things that are not natural, whether real (artificial light) or not (artificial flowers). Artificial insemination dates from 1897. Artificial intelligence "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines" was coined in 1956.
  • adj fake; imitation
  • adj pretended; affected
Example sentences :
  • It had grown much too cold to do without some sort of artificial covering.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • Artificial flies, like artificial flowers, never should follow nature.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • As yet the use of machinery and artificial manure is almost unknown.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • It is only the artificial and the complex that bewilder them.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I lead so artificial a life; but then I hope it is a useful one.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • With them we think of the artificial as the archetype; the earth-born as the erratic exception.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • They are commingled either in a natural or an artificial manner.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • In our artificial social state this is indeed bound to be so.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • These tests demonstrated the practicability of artificial flight.
  • Extract from : « The Age of Invention » by Holland Thompson
  • This is the process of artificial selection as carried on by man.
  • Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

Synonyms for artificial

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