artificiality

[ ahr-tuh-fish-ee-al-i-tee ]

noun

plural artificialities.

1. artificial quality.
2. an artificial thing or trait:

   artificialities of speech.

Other Word Forms

• over·arti·fici·ali·ty noun plural overartificialities
• super·arti·fici·ali·ty noun plural superartificialities

Word History and Origins

Origin of artificiality¹

First recorded in 1755–65; artificial + -ity

Example Sentences

Impressively, “Grand Tour” illuminates the artificiality of its trappings while honoring them, tapping into our collective acceptance of the “reality” of cinema’s unreality.

From Los Angeles Times

The amnesia conceit allows the film to highlight its artificiality: painted backdrops, stages that recede into blackness, supporting players recast in multiple roles.

From Los Angeles Times

The mandatory two-stop has been arrived at as a necessary evil - introducing an element of artificiality to ameliorate a specific problem.

From BBC

Every new “Vanderpump Rules” episode was behind the real-time dirt-slinging, affording the public the chance to watch reality slap across the face of unscripted artificiality.

From Salon

“We talked about possibly doing a surreal yellow, almost postapocalyptic look, but it just had this artificiality that we didn’t like, so we leaned into real photography as a starting point.”

From Los Angeles Times