artificialityn.

Brit.

/ˌɑːtᵻˌfɪʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌɑrdəˌfɪʃiˈælədi/

Forms: see artificial adj. and n. and -ity suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: artificial adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < artificial adj. + -ity suffix. Compare artificialness n.

†1. Craftsmanship. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship

artc1300

artificialityc1535

artifice1597

craftsmanshipa1652

mechanism1710

craftmanship1829

artificership1835

craftiness1974

c1535 C. Armstrong Treat. conc. Staple in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) iii. 105 If a right order of a comon weale may be said in England to have vitall as plentifull as in old tyme, artificialite to be meyntenyd shall cause as good chepe artificialite as in other reames and moche more substanciall.

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 48 Right artificiality..is not mad-brained, or ridiculous..but deepe-conceited.., pleasurable.

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 65 The next peece, not of his Rhetorique, or Poetry, but of his Painture,..shall perfect the Venus face of Apelles, or sett the world an euerlasting Sample of inimitable artificiality.

2. The quality or state of being artificial; artificial character or condition.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [noun]

artificialness1594

artificialitya1763

a1763 W. Shenstone in London Mag. Apr. (1764) 105 Trees in hedges partake of their artificiality, and become a part of them.

1798 J. Plumptre Lakers iii. 59 You are an excessively bad practitioner of the mimetic art, you have no artificiality.

1845 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation (ed. 3) 251 It would imply a curious artificiality of arrangement in the creative design.

1879 A. W. Ward Chaucer 23 The artificiality and extravagance of the costumes of these times.

1932 in W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary xiv. 120 Their intense artificiality took the form of an odd degenerescence.

1972 A. Bowness Mod. European Art i. 13 It is as if Manet wanted to point out the essential artificiality of picture-making.

2001 C. Kelly Russ. Lit. vii. 129 Pushkin's skazki had the charming artificiality of Charles Perrault or Jeanne l'Héritier's reworkings of French folklore.

3. As a count noun: an artificial thing or characteristic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [noun] > instance of

artificiality1786

1786 R. Heathcote Sylva v. 23 It is curious to see this good father, figuring them to his imagination as rising from the dead, with all these artificialities about them.

1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. July 326 The false artificialities of the olden time, in France, have never recovered, and can never recover, from that their terrible explosion and downfall.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xv. 312 It is not an artificiality.

1914 A. Berkman In Reply to Kropotkin in Mother Earth Nov. 281 He has become so involved in the artificialities of ‘high politics’ that he lost sight of the most elemental fact of the situation.

1962 H. Hunt Live Theatre x. 97 Those characteristics of naturalism, such as realistic noises off, pauses, and pregnant silences, have no place in the artificialities of the period.

2003 New Statesman (Nexis) 8 Dec. The artificialities of the story seem here to serve its greater truths.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	artificiality
释义	artificialityn. Brit. /ˌɑːtᵻˌfɪʃɪˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˌfɪʃiˈælədi/ Forms: see artificial adj. and n. and -ity suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: artificial adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < artificial adj. + -ity suffix. Compare artificialness n. †1. Craftsmanship. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship artc1300 artificialityc1535 artifice1597 craftsmanshipa1652 mechanism1710 craftmanship1829 artificership1835 craftiness1974 c1535 C. Armstrong Treat. conc. Staple in R. H. Tawney & E. Power Tudor Econ. Documents (1924) iii. 105 If a right order of a comon weale may be said in England to have vitall as plentifull as in old tyme, artificialite to be meyntenyd shall cause as good chepe artificialite as in other reames and moche more substanciall. 1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iii. 48 Right artificiality..is not mad-brained, or ridiculous..but deepe-conceited.., pleasurable. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 65 The next peece, not of his Rhetorique, or Poetry, but of his Painture,..shall perfect the Venus face of Apelles, or sett the world an euerlasting Sample of inimitable artificiality. 2. The quality or state of being artificial; artificial character or condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [noun] artificialness1594 artificialitya1763 a1763 W. Shenstone in London Mag. Apr. (1764) 105 Trees in hedges partake of their artificiality, and become a part of them. 1798 J. Plumptre Lakers iii. 59 You are an excessively bad practitioner of the mimetic art, you have no artificiality. 1845 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation (ed. 3) 251 It would imply a curious artificiality of arrangement in the creative design. 1879 A. W. Ward Chaucer 23 The artificiality and extravagance of the costumes of these times. 1932 in W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary xiv. 120 Their intense artificiality took the form of an odd degenerescence. 1972 A. Bowness Mod. European Art i. 13 It is as if Manet wanted to point out the essential artificiality of picture-making. 2001 C. Kelly Russ. Lit. vii. 129 Pushkin's skazki had the charming artificiality of Charles Perrault or Jeanne l'Héritier's reworkings of French folklore. 3. As a count noun: an artificial thing or characteristic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [noun] > instance of artificiality1786 1786 R. Heathcote Sylva v. 23 It is curious to see this good father, figuring them to his imagination as rising from the dead, with all these artificialities about them. 1838 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. July 326 The false artificialities of the olden time, in France, have never recovered, and can never recover, from that their terrible explosion and downfall. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. xv. 312 It is not an artificiality. 1914 A. Berkman In Reply to Kropotkin in Mother Earth Nov. 281 He has become so involved in the artificialities of ‘high politics’ that he lost sight of the most elemental fact of the situation. 1962 H. Hunt Live Theatre x. 97 Those characteristics of naturalism, such as realistic noises off, pauses, and pregnant silences, have no place in the artificialities of the period. 2003 New Statesman (Nexis) 8 Dec. The artificialities of the story seem here to serve its greater truths. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1535
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