单词 | artificialism |
释义 | artificialismn. As a count noun: an artificial thing or characteristic; = artificiality n. 3. More usually as a mass noun: the quality or state of being artificial; artificial character; = artificiality n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] > act or instance of dissimulationc1384 likenessc1384 pretencec1487 profession1526 masqueradea1670 fobbery1688 artificialism1835 barney1859 1835 P. Gaskill Old Bachelors II. xi. 197 The artificialisms that gradually spring up, proceed to such an extent, that all our natural relations are more or less influenced by them. 1846 Ainsworth's Mag. 10 413 If the reader be one of those who think there can be no poetry but that of high polish and artificialism, he will surely be disappointed with them. 1863 Harper's Mag. Nov. 803/1 The little girls..are costumed and taught for theatrical exhibition; with childish artificialism they mimic the airs of fine ladies. 1908 N.Y. Times 27 Dec. 2/5 Woman's mind seems consumed with that ever-changing artificialism which is the real soul of progress. 1957 M. Nicholson Dict. Amer.-Eng. Usage 194/2 It is the pedant that begins his list with first; no one does so by the light of nature; it is an artificialism. 1998 Hist. & Theory 35 314 For more than two hundred years the contractual discourse has been criticized for its artificialism and individualism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1835 |
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