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Word: Factitious
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art’, from facere ‘do, make’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
fakˈtɪʃəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
artificially created or developed
Short Definition:artificially created or developed
Examples:- a largely factitious national identity
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