| 单词 | factitiousness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfacˈtitiousness facˈtitiousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising > quality of being contrived factitiousness1668 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. i. §3. 28 Factitiousness, artificial, technical, made. 1774 W. Hutchinson Excursion to Lakes 31 The pavillions..; with the parterres, and sloping plots of grass ground, modernize a scene, which condemns all factitiousness of taste. 1883 T. Hardy in Longman's Mag. July 257 As the day passes on..and he is still unhired, there does appear a factitiousness in the smile. 1959 W. Wasserstrom Heiress of All Ages 117 Beaumont is killed by enemies who despise his pose, his factitiousness, his playing at love as if it were a game of chess. 1996 C. Looby Voicing Amer. iv. 242 The factitiousness of republican traditionalism in America is what its historians have ignored. < as lemmas |
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