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Definition of artificial : 1. Artful; cunning; crafty.
2. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
3. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
4. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.

Synonyms:

schmalzy, insubstantial, unlifelike, culture, arranged, faux, semisynthetic, sham, plastic, contrived, real, good, insincere, mushy, hokey, maudlin, simulated, fictitious, bleached, Celluloid, manufactured, soupy, coloured, colored, pretended, staged, inorganic, stylised, near, pseudo, man-made, kitschy, plain, make-believe, spurious, stylized, cardboard, substitute, slushy, manmade, soppy, phony, dummy, schmaltzy, factitious, painted, bathetic, unreal, unsubstantial, true, conventionalized, honest, conventionalised, mawkish, genuine, precious, dyed, pretend, sentimental, feigned, drippy, natural

fraudulent, masquerading, fake, studied, forced, imposture, counterfeit, ostentatious, facade, unnatural, affected, impersonating, deceitful, ersatz, synthetic, showy, histrionic, theatrical, mannered, posing, imitation, pretentious, la-di-da, bogus, forged, false, stagy, stiff, overdone, mock, stilted

Usage examples:

• Guided by the fitful flickering of light ahead of him, Craig slipped along what was in effect an artificial tunnel. - "The Lost Warship", Robert Moore Williams.
• Oblige me by giving up all your artificial charms. - "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.
• Of late I have been tempted to look into the problems furnished by nature rather than those more superficial ones for which our artificial state of society is responsible. - "Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.