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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
factitious
adj : not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a
factitious demand for stocks"
From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
Αγγλικά a.
πλασματικός
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
a.
create by humans; artificial.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
a.
create by humans; artificial.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
a.
create by humans; artificial.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
a.
create by humans; artificial.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
Englanti a.
1 keinotekoinen
2 teennäinen, epäaito
3 (yhteys lääketiede k=en) itseaiheutettu
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
factitious
Engelska a.
konstgjord
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]factitious //fækˈtɪʃəs//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. престорен, фалшив counterfeit, fabricated 2. изкуствен created by man
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]strojený
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]napodobený
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]umělý
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]nepřirozený
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/ künstlichFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]Note: herbeigeführt see: factitious demand
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/ unecht, falsch, nachgemacht, gekünstelt, erkünsteltFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]Synonym: artificial
factitious //fækˈtɪʃəs//From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. väärennetty counterfeit, fabricated 2. keinotekoinen created by man
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/ izvještačen, vještačkiFrom English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
factitious //fækˈtɪʃəs//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]konstgjord created by man
factitious /faktˈɪʃəs/ 1. yapma, suni, düzme, uydurma, gösterişten ibaret. factitiously suni olarak, uydurarak. factitiousness yapma oluş, sunilik.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/fækˈtɪʃəs/
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
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]a. 人为的,不自然的,人工的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 人为的,不自然的,人工的