Factitious : (진짜처럼 보이도록) 꾸며낸, 인위적인, 인공적인
Factitiously : 인위적으로, 부자연스럽게
Factitiousness : 인위적임, 자연스럽지 못함
1)
if you describe soemthing as factitious, you are saying it is artificial rather than natural
it's man-made, it doesn't come from a natural source
you can find diamonds in the earth's crust go to Sourth Africa or Sierra Leone and you'll find diamonds but it is also possible to mak factitious diamonds, made by using great heat
soemthing that's factitious is something that's artificial
it's something that's been created by humans
it's counterfeit
it's not the real thing
his enthusiasm was factitious, it wasn't real
if two people are having an argument, then they will firstly think of all of the things that they don't like and they will create some factitious complaints about the other person, artificial ones that they've invented that they are not genuine
factitious enthusiasm, where everybody tells me how wonderful my video is. sometimes it's a bit fictitious
factitiuos needs, artificial needs, not natural not genuine
man manufactured
I hate these plastic leaves and these artificial flowers, factitious flowers and leaves. I would much rather the real thing, the real McCoy
this canned laughter that you sometimes see on television programs, factitious laughter
he has a factitious friendship because he didn't want to look unfriendly
factitious, produced by humans rather than by natural forces
a hill is natural, but if I dig a mound of Earth the that is factitious
soemthingthat is factitious, it's not the real thing
factitious tastes and values
factitious made by special effort
not genuine
factitious rumors, created by
factitiously, without reality
factitious, fake, bogus, specious, false , counterfeit, fraudulent
2)
now you're going to ask me what is the difference between 'factitious' and 'fictitous'
something that is fictitious, it doesn't exist and it never existed . it was inveted
Sherlock Holmes is a fictitious character, completelly invented
whereas something that is factitious, it exists but it's not real, it's not normal natural thing
it's not genuine
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