Factitious

//fækˈtɪʃəs//

Synonyms for "factitious" (61 found)

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Translations

21 translations across 11 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • արհեստական adj (created by man)
  • արհեստական adj (counterfeit, fabricated)
  • հնարովի adj (counterfeit, fabricated)
  • շինծու adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • изкуствен adj (created by man)
  • престорен adj (counterfeit, fabricated)
  • фалшив adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

Catalan

2 entries
  • factici adj (created by man)
  • factici adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 人工的 adj (created by man)
  • 人為的 /人为的 adj (created by man)

Finnish

2 entries
  • keinotekoinen adj (created by man)
  • väärennetty adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

French

1 entries
  • factice adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

Greek

2 entries
  • πλαστός adj (counterfeit, fabricated)
  • τεχνητός adj (created by man)

Latin

1 entries
  • factīcius adj (created by man)

Russian

2 entries
  • иску́сственный adj (created by man)
  • подде́льный adj (counterfeit, fabricated)

Spanish

1 entries
  • facticio adj (created by man)

Swedish

1 entries
  • konstgjord adj (created by man)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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[...] 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.

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Most men, even in this comparatively free country, through mere ignorance and mistake, are so occupied with the factitious cares and superfluously coarse labors of life that its finer fruits cannot be plucked by them.

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Manners are partly factitious, but, mainly, there must be capacity for culture in the blood. Else all culture is vain.

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

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