English-Thai Dictionary

factitious

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FACTITIOUS

a.[L. factitius, from facio.] Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; as factitious cinnabar; factitious stones; factitious air.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FACTITIOUS

Fac *ti "tious, a. Etym: [L. factitius, fr. facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Fetich. ]

 

Defn: Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature; artificial; sham; formed by, or adapted to, an artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural, standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or jewels; a factitious taste. -- Fac-ti "tious *ly, adv. -- Fac *ti "tious-ness, n. He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. De Quincey.

 

Syn. -- Unnatural. -- Factitious, Unnatural. Anything is unnatural when it departs in any way from its simple or normal state; it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a factitious demand is one created by active exertions for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one wrought up with care and effort.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

factitious

fac ti tious |fakˈtiSHəs fækˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective artificially created or developed: a largely factitious national identity. DERIVATIVES fac ti tious ly adverb, fac ti tious ness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort ’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art, ’ from facere ‘do, make. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

factitious

factitious |fakˈtɪʃəs | ▶adjective artificially created or developed: a largely factitious national identity. DERIVATIVES factitiously adverb, factitiousness noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort ’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art ’, from facere ‘do, make ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

factitious

factitious adjective the papers are shamelessly printing these factitious accounts: bogus, fake, specious, false, counterfeit, fraudulent, spurious, sham, mock, feigned, affected, pretended, contrived, engineered, inauthentic, ersatz; informal phony, pseudo, pretend. ANTONYMS genuine.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

factitious

factitious adjective the outcry was, to a certain extent, factitious. See bogus.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

factitious

fac ti tious /fæktɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠人為的 [不自然 ]な ; 故意の ; 見せかけの, わざとらしい .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞