artifactual
Americanadjective
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relating to, being, or having the nature of an artifact, an object made by humans.
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relating to or being an experimental result that is a direct effect of the way the experiment was set up; factitious or artificial.
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(of a conclusion, rationale, or the like) not having any scientific or factual basis; fabricated.
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He also wrote that they are “expressive creative works objects which one hopes to attend to the highest levels of artifactual qualities.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2022
While this Third Symphony wasn’t among the belatedly recovered fantasies, concertos and unfinished Fourth found therein, it still bears a brassy, untouched, artifactual glow.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 1, 2021
So, too, for many features of our natural and artifactual surroundings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2010
Speculation goes as far as to suggest that these human beings became increasingly dependent on artifactual means of notation.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Mihai Nadin
On this occasion there was disclosed a meandering brick drain that had been built on top of a fill of artifactual refuse, mostly pottery sherds.
From North Devon Pottery and Its Export to America in the 17th Century by C. Malcolm Watkins
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