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TOEFL BNC: 48403 COCA: 43371
TOEFL BNC: 48403 COCA: 43371

factitious

adjective

fac·​ti·​tious fak-ˈti-shəs How to pronounce factitious (audio)
1
: produced by humans rather than by natural forces
It seems probable that several of the mounds are factitious.
Those factitious stones have resisted atmospheric influences much better than sandstones; they are composed of perfectly hard mortar mixed with pounded pebbles … Principles of Modern Building, volume 1
2
a
: formed by or adapted to an artificial or conventional standard
factitious tastes and values
… her genuine vocation, as distinguished from the hollow and factitious ideal with which her family and her association with Olive Chancellor had saddled her … Henry James
b
: produced by special effort : not genuine
created a factitious demand by spreading rumors of shortage
… whether the smile began as a factitious one, to test her capacity in that art,—nobody knows; it ended certainly in a real smile. Thomas Hardy
What was dramatic in it tended to be factitious, generated as it was by the mystery part of the story … Alan Horsman
c
: of, relating to, or affected with factitious disorder
True factitious patients are those who consciously feign physical or psychological symptoms to assume the role of a patient because they desire attention, sympathy and caring. Liz Hunt
factitiously adverb
factitiousness noun

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TOEFL BNC: 48403 COCA: 43371

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