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• artificial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. handmade, handcrafted, synthetic; false, sham, fake, deceptive; affected, unnatural. See affectation, deception, production, inelegance. Ant., real, genuine. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of… …   English dictionary for students

• affected — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Being subject to influence] Syn. moved, touched, melted, influenced, sympathetic, stirred, grieved, overwhelmed, moved to tears, hurt, injured, wakened, struck, impressed, brought to a realization of, overwrought, imbued …   English dictionary for students

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• hypocrisy — hypocrisy, sanctimony, pharisaism, cant mean the pretense or affectation of being more virtuous or more religious than one actually is. The same differences in implications and connotations are found in their corresponding adjectives,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• natural — adj 1 *regular, normal, typical Analogous words: ordinary, *common, familiar: *usual, customary, habitual, accustomed, wonted Antonyms: unnatural: artificial: adventitious 2 Natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, artless, unaffected… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• The Gunpowder Plot —     The Gunpowder Plot     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Gunpowder Plot     (Oath taken May, 1604, plot discovered November, 1605). Robert Catesby, the originator of the Powder Plot, owned estates at Lapworth and Ashby St. Legers. His ancient and …   Catholic encyclopedia

• put on — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, accelerate, act, act a part, administer, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apocryphal, apply, apply to, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed, back answer, banter,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sham — Synonyms and related words: Tartuffery, Tartuffism, act, act a part, acting, adulterated, affect, affectation, affected, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, ape, apocryphal, apology, appearance, artificial, artificiality, assume, assumed …   Moby Thesaurus

• artificial — artificially, adv. artificialness, n. /ahr teuh fish euhl/, adj. 1. made by human skill; produced by humans (opposed to natural): artificial flowers. 2. imitation; simulated; sham: artificial vanilla flavoring. 3. lacking naturalness or… …   Universalium

• airs — Synonyms and related words: affectation, affectedness, airs and graces, arrogance, artificiality, clannishness, cliquishness, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, despite, disdain, disdainfulness, disparagement, exclusiveness, facade, false… …   Moby Thesaurus

• facade — Synonyms and related words: acting, affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, alibi, anteriority, apology, apparent character, appearance, appearances, artificiality, attitudinizing, blind, bluff, bluffing, bold front, border, brave face …   Moby Thesaurus