artificiality
41artificial — adjective Date: 14th century 1. humanly contrived often on a natural model ; man made < an artificial limb > < artificial diamonds > 2. a. having existence in legal, economic, or …
42artless — adjective Date: 1589 1. lacking art, knowledge, or skill ; uncultured < an artless brute > 2. a. made without skill ; crude < an artless attempt to win votes > b …
43dandyism — noun Date: 1819 1. the style or conduct of a dandy 2. a literary and artistic style of the latter part of the 19th century marked by artificiality and excessive refinement …
44dramatic — adjective Date: 1589 1. of or relating to the drama < a dramatic actor > 2. a. suitable to or characteristic of the drama < a dramatic attempt to escape > b. striking in appearance or effect …
45fictitious — adjective Etymology: Latin ficticius artificial, feigned, from fictus Date: circa 1633 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction ; imaginary 2. a. conventionally or hypothetically assumed or accepted < a fictitious concept > b. of a name …
46mannerism — noun Date: 1803 1. a. exaggerated or affected adherence to a particular style or manner ; artificiality, preciosity < refined almost to the point of mannerism Winthrop Sargeant > b. often capitalized an art style in late 16th century Europe… …
47self-reflexive — adjective Date: 1933 marked by or making reference to its own artificiality or contrivance < self reflexive fiction > • self reflexively adverb • self reflexiveness noun • self reflexivity noun …
48stagy — or stagey adjective (stagier; est) Date: 1856 of or characteristic of the stage; especially marked by pretense or artificiality ; theatrical • stagily adverb • staginess noun …
49unmannered — adjective Date: 1594 1. marked by a lack of good manners ; rude 2. characterized by an absence of artificiality ; unaffected • unmanneredly adverb …
50pose — I. verb (posed; posing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French poser, from Vulgar Latin *pausare, from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to set forth or offer for attention or… …
