Factitious Definition

făk-tĭshəs
adjective
Not natural, genuine, or spontaneous; forced or artificial.
Factitious needs created by advertising.
Webster's New World
Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham.
Speculators responsible for the factitious value of some stocks.
American Heritage

Counterfeit, fabricated.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Origin of Factitious

  • From Latin factīcius from factus past participle of facere to make dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin factītius (“artificial”), alt form. of factīcius, from facere (“to make, do”).

    From Wiktionary

Factitious Sentence Examples

  • The name has by some later Oriental writers been modified into Hindu Koh (mountain), but this is factitious, and throws no more light on the origin of the title.

  • But as a matter of fact no more entirely factitious book ever issued from the press.

  • With the virtuous life was further to be conjoined a humble disposition to adore the Creator, avoiding all factitious forms of worship as worse than useless.

  • A fourth sort consists of the very bad or wholly factitious pieces.

  • It is written for two choirs, the one of five and the other of four voices, and has obtained a celebrity which, if not entirely factitious, is certainly not due to its intrinsic merits alone.

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to factitious using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

FFAFAC

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

Unscrambles

factitious

Words Starting With F and Ending With S

Starts With F & Ends With SStarts With FA & Ends With SStarts With F & Ends With US

Word Length

10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With F10 Letter Words Ending With S