Synonyms of artificiality

artificiality

noun

as in smoothness

Related Words

• smoothness
• glibness
• duplicity
• fakery
• oiliness
• falseness
• affectation
• unctuousness
• deception
• shamming
• pretentiousness
• affectedness
• sanctimoniousness
• self-satisfaction
• pretense
• self-righteousness
• pretension
• dishonesty
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• hypocrisy
• insincerity
• perfidy
• fraudulentness
• deceitfulness
• double-dealing
• falsity
• dissimulation
• two-facedness
• piousness
• dissembling
• cant

Dissimilar Words

• sincerity
• genuineness
• openness
• honesty
• truthfulness
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• straightforwardness
• naturalness
• probity
• forthrightness
• sincereness
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of artificiality

And anyone who has read even a little of Cusk’s previous work will recognize that these concerns map suspiciously closely to Cusk’s own preoccupations with artificiality. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Is the artificiality and structural restriction of the majority of the season a lure for a show on the verge of going thoroughly bonkers in its finale? — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026

Its very artificiality can be a turn-off. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026

No matter the role, that toughness was always there, a desire to push against the artificiality of acting to get at something true and lived-in within his characters. — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026

Like their future disciples in PC Music, Scritti Politti were giddy pop fans who approached the form as self-conscious outsiders, foregrounding its artificiality, pushing its bright colors to new extremes, aiming to make great pop records that also asked probing questions about what pop even is. — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026

That level of eye-deceiving detail falters in wide shots, however, some of which suffer from unflattering flat lighting that in certain instances recall computer screensavers of yore, given their colorful artificiality. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2025

The films that manage to handle magic well either fully embrace their own artificiality (think Nightmare Alley or Santa Sangre) or delight in exposing the machinery of how the tricks work (think The Prestige). — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025