"factitious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /fækˈtɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-factitious.ogg Forms: more factitious [comparative], most factitious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin factītius (“artificial”), alternative form of factīcius, from facere (“to make, do”). Doublet of fetish. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|factītius||artificial}} Latin factītius (“artificial”), {{doublet|en|fetish}} Doublet of fetish Head templates: {{en-adj}} factitious (comparative more factitious, superlative most factitious)
  1. Created by humans; artificial. Translations (created by man): արհեստական (arhestakan) (Armenian), изкуствен (izkustven) (Bulgarian), factici (Catalan), 人為的 (Chinese Mandarin), 人为的 (rénwéi de) (Chinese Mandarin), 人工的 (réngōng de) (Chinese Mandarin), keinotekoinen (Finnish), τεχνητός (technitós) [masculine] (Greek), factīcius (Latin), иску́сственный (iskússtvennyj) [masculine] (Russian), facticio (Spanish), konstgjord (Swedish)
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  2. Counterfeit, fabricated, fake. Translations (counterfeit, fabricated): շինծու (šincu) (Armenian), արհեստական (arhestakan) (Armenian), հնարովի (hnarovi) (Armenian), фалшив (falšiv) (Bulgarian), престорен (prestoren) (Bulgarian), factici (Catalan), väärennetty (Finnish), factice (French), πλαστός (plastós) [masculine] (Greek), подде́льный (poddélʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-factitious-en-adj-dMf94A5Q Disambiguation of 'counterfeit, fabricated': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: factitiously, factitiousness Related terms: fictitious
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      "sense": "counterfeit, fabricated",
      "word": "väärennetty"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "counterfeit, fabricated",
      "word": "factice"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "plastós",
      "sense": "counterfeit, fabricated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πλαστός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poddélʹnyj",
      "sense": "counterfeit, fabricated",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "подде́льный"
    }
  ],
  "word": "factitious"
}

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