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factitious

/fak-tish-uhs/US // fækˈtɪʃ əs //UK // (fækˈtɪʃəs) //

事实的,事实,事实性的,事实性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not spontaneous or natural; artificial; contrived: factitious laughter; factitious enthusiasm.
    • : made; manufactured: a decoration of factitious flowers and leaves.

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Examples

  • Under these conditions it is again hidden beneath heterogeneous dogmas, obscure comments, and factitious explanations.

  • But before he had walked half a square, the factitious energy inspired by drink deserted him.

  • The entire structure of their social life reposed on feelings, and not on a factitious conception, on a work of art.

  • His mind turns towards combinations, arrangements, legal or factitious organisations.

  • The prices of farms and improvements vary greatly, and are influenced much by factitious and local circumstances.