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Synonyms
affected, assumed, bogus, contrived, factitious, fake, false, feigned, forced, mechanical, mock, phony (also phoney), plastic, pretended, pseudo, put-on, sham, simulated, spurious, strained, unnatural
Antonyms
artless, genuine, natural, spontaneous, unaffected, uncontrived, unfeigned, unforced
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Elsewhere, the horticulture is surreally artificial. — J.w.s.w. | Berlin, The Economist, "The variegated symbolism of gardens in art," 1 Aug. 2019 Nationalism is simple, and internationalism is complicated; nationalism is primal, and internationalism is artificial; nationalism is the default, and internationalism the exception. — Daniel Luban, The New Republic, "The Man Behind National Conservatism," 26 July 2019 Hellas Construction of Carlsbad is continuing a $4 million project to install artificial turf fields that should be ready by the end of this summer. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Maranatha Christian building new fields," 17 July 2019 The rebuilt stadium, with new stands, a new artificial turf field, a new press box, restrooms and concessions, is a multipurpose facility, Freimuth said. — Pat Eaton-robb, courant.com, "Dillon Stadium isn’t quite finished, but Hartford Athletic plans to play Saturday," 12 July 2019 Here, the poop is artificial, nothing like what would be in a toilet, and comes in twisty ice cream and cupcake shapes, in all colors and sizes. — Jae C. Hong, Cincinnati.com, "Even poop is cute at Japanese museum that encourages play," 10 July 2019 The training used simulated scans of data that looked like images from a human body but were actually artificial. — Julie Grisham, Scientific American, "Faster, clearer PET images offer new views on disease," 9 July 2019 The duo’s architecture continues to blur juxtapositions between what is natural and what is artificial by using new and everyday materials in unusual ways. — Mimi Zeiger, latimes.com, "La Brea Tar Pits’ trippy new pavilion from Spain’s Selgascano could be L.A.’s next selfie magnet," 27 June 2019 Herr and his team has already made progress: Herr’s friend and fellow mountain climber Jim Ewing used a feedback-capable artificial foot of Herr’s design to successfully climb the mountain where Ewing’s own life-altering injury occurred. — Patrick Lucas Austin, Time, "Why TIME's 2019 Tech Optimists Are Upbeat About Silicon Valley's Future," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'artificial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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