Main entry: unreal, artificial
Definition: contrived by art rather than nature
Usage: artificial flowers; artificial flavoring; an artificial diamond; artificial fibers; artificial sweeteners
Antonyms: natural
Definition: existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation
Antonyms: formalism
Definition: the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented
Antonyms: uncolored, uncoloured
Definition: without color
Antonyms: analytic, analytical
Definition: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Antonyms: uninflected, analytic
Definition: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
Antonyms: analytic, analytical
Definition: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
Antonyms: far
Definition: located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Antonyms: unpainted
Definition: not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat
Antonyms: unpainted
Definition: not having makeup on
Antonyms: true
Definition: consistent with fact or reality; not false
Antonyms: disarranged
Definition: having the arrangement disturbed; not in order
Antonyms: unstaged
Definition: not performed on the stage
Main entry: artificial, hokey, stilted, contrived
Definition: artificially formal
Usage: that artificial humility that her husband hated; contrived coyness; a stilted letter of acknowledgment; when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
Antonyms: unaffected
Definition: undergoing no change when acted upon
Antonyms: unaffected
Definition: free of artificiality; sincere and genuine
Antonyms: natural
Definition: in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature
Main entry: artificial
Definition: not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes
Antonyms: organic
Definition: relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis
Antonyms: organic
Definition: being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms