artificiality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˌɑː(ɹ).tɪˌfɪʃ.iˈæl.ɪ.ti/ (UK)
Etymology
Etymology tree English artificial Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English artificiality From artificial + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being artificial or produced unnaturally.
The subject of the present work is the history of Marxist doctrine and not of the socialist or communist movement; but in Lenin's case more than in any other it becomes clear that there is a certain artificiality in this distinction.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:
- (countable) Something artificial.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| artificialities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (17)
pt artificialismo (The quality of being artificial) · de Unnatur (The quality of being artificial) · ru ненатура́льность (The quality of being artificial) · pl sztuczność (The quality of being artificial) · ta செயற்கை (The quality of being artificial) · ta செயற்கை (Something artificial) · mk вештачност (The quality of being artificial) · de Künstelei (The quality of being artificial) · nl kunstmatigheid (The quality of being artificial) · ru иску́сственность (The quality of being artificial) · de Gekünsteltheit (The quality of being artificial) · de Geschraubtheit (The quality of being artificial) · pt artificialidade (The quality of being artificial) · de Unnatürlichkeit (The quality of being artificial) · de Gezwungenheit (The quality of being artificial) · ta செயற்கைப்பொருள் (Something artificial) · de Künstlichkeit (The quality of being artificial)