factitious

Definitions


[fakˈtɪʃəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- artificially created or developed
(e.g: a largely factitious national identity)


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Origin:
mid 17th century (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art’, from facere ‘do, make’




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