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Definition of factitious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

factitious

adjective
 
/fækˈtɪʃəs/
 
/fækˈtɪʃəs/
(formal)
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  1. not real but created deliberately and made to appear to be true
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘made by human skill or effort’): from Latin facticius ‘made by art’, from facere ‘do, make’.
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