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Factitious

//fækˈtɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Created by humans; artificial.

    "[...] if from erosion of the gums, by such things as restore them, strengthen and bind them; if wanting, it may be helped by the factitious; their ſordes are removed, by washing and cleaning them; and their blacknesse, by dentifrices."

  2. 2
    Counterfeit, fabricated, fake.

    "[…] To prevent a prisoner's escape, to prevent his suborning testimony, and arranging a factitious tale with those without, may justify many precautions.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    not produced by natural forces wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin factītius (“artificial”), alternative form of factīcius, from faciō (“to make, do”). Doublet of fetish.

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