- made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers.
- imitation; simulated; sham: artificial vanilla flavoring.
- lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned: an artificial smile.
- full of affectation; affected; stilted: artificial manners; artificial speech.
- made without regard to the particular needs of a situation, person, etc.; imposed arbitrarily; unnatural: artificial rules for dormitory residents.
- based on arbitrary, superficial characteristics rather than natural, organic relationships: an artificial system of classification.
- manufactured to resemble a natural gem, in chemical composition or appearance.
- produced by man; not occurring naturally
- made in imitation of a natural product, esp as a substitute; not genuine
- pretended; assumed; insincere
- lacking in spontaneity; affected
- relating to superficial characteristics not based on the interrelationships of organisms
