artificiality
Also known as unnaturality, factitiousness, unnaturalness, artificial, man-made, manmade, synthetic
Artificiality (the state of being artificial, anthropogenic, or man-made) is the condition of being the product of intentional human manufacture (namely, by artifice), rather than occurring naturally through processes not involving or requiring human activity.
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- Connotations
- Distinguishing natural objects from artificial objects
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Artificiality (the state of being artificial, anthropogenic, or man-made) is the condition of being the product of intentional human manufacture (namely, by artifice), rather than occurring naturally through processes not involving or requiring human activity.
==Connotations== Artificiality often carries the implication of being false, counterfeit, or deceptive. The philosopher Aristotle wrote in his Rhetoric: