artificiality

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Recent Examples of artificiality Instead, through the course of this play, the artificiality of 19th-century marital courting and the exaggerated heroism of war are gradually stripped away, allowing the characters’ true voices, true callings and true partners to eventually emerge. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for artificiality
Noun
  • The smoothness of recent CBA negotiations should ensure there’s more money coming into the market in the coming years, too.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Research suggests marine collagen can help improve the elasticity, hydration, and smoothness of the skin.
    T'Keyah Bazin, Verywell Health, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To Serbian audiences, Vučiċ accuses the EU of duplicity and anti-Serbian prejudice.
    Hanna Begić, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Forgeries, hoaxes, and other types of literary fakery have preoccupied Havens, a rare books and manuscripts curator at the university’s Stern Center for the History of the Book, for many years now.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Medium-full, with impressive concentration and excellent ripeness; there is a slight oiliness on the palate, along with very good acidity and significant persistence.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Below, shop our 13 favorite formulas that a suit a range of concerns, from oiliness to hair loss.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But Lloyd’s awkward staging here and questionable affectations (including an audience clap-along) makes Pozzo’s relationship with Lucky unfocused and puzzling.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The band sets aside the winks and retro affectations for something unadorned and honest.
    Sarah Grant, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2025

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“Artificiality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/artificiality. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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