1 made or produced to copy sth natural; not real:
an artificial limb / flower / sweetener / fertilizer * artificial lighting / light
2 created by people; not happening naturally:
A job interview is a very artificial situation. * the artificial barriers of race, class and gender
3 false; not what it appears to be:
artificial emotion
artificiality noun [U]
artificially adverb:
artificially created lakes * artificially low prices
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