'Factitious' definitions:
Definition of 'factitious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
Definition of 'Factitious'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'factitious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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