artificiality
[ahr-tuh-fish-ee-al-i-tee]
- artificial quality.
- an artificial thing or trait: artificialities of speech.
Origin of artificiality
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Examples from the Web for artificiality
Contemporary Examples
The artificiality of the TV show, when paired with the growing intimacy between the cast members, was often jarringly surreal.
Liberals still searched for the authenticity and energy denied them by the artificiality of capitalism and democracy.
Historical Examples
The love of life—it may be axiomised—is in the direct ratio of its artificiality.
Arthur O'LearyCharles James Lever
Never was it absurd; never was there a single note of artificiality in it.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
The artificiality of it contrasted strongly with Falk's natural unconcern.
FalkJoseph Conrad
We had commented on the artificiality of the twentieth century.
The Silent BulletArthur B. Reeve
The work was so exquisitely done that its artificiality could not be detected.
The Boy With the U. S. FisheriesFrancis Rolt-Wheeler