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factitious Definition

fac·ti·tious (fak tis̸h′əs)

adjective

not natural, genuine, or spontaneous; forced or artificial factitious needs created by advertising

Etymology: L facticius < pp. of facere, do

factitious Related Forms
fac·ti′·tiously adverb fac·ti′·tious·ness noun
factitious Synonyms

factitious

modif.

unnatural, false, artificial; see affected 3, false 3.

factitious Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • illness: Family Law Week / Articles / 2005 archive / Factitious Illness By Proxy - Where are we now?
  • disorder: Patients with factitious disorder may learn to produce the 'correct ' response in all of these examination procedures.
  • interdependency: The couple private operators - civil society showed its impertinence and the limits of a factitious interdependency.
factitious Quotes

Idonot likebeingmoved:for thewill isexcited;andaction Is a most dangerous thing: I tremble for something factitious, Some malpractice of heart and illegitimate process; We are so proneto thesethings with our terrible notions of duty.

—Clough, Arthur Hugh