Artificiality
Definition
The character or quality of being artificial, manufactured, synthetic, or human-made as opposed to natural elements; a lack of naturalness, spontaneity, or sincerity manifested in behavior, gestures, artistic style, or literary expression, translated as affectation, phoniness, or excessive structural conventionalism.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Artificiality
- Unnaturalness
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular plural structural forms with standard case declensions. |
| Formation | Structural derivative formed within Romanian from the adjective 'artificial' combined with the qualitative abstract suffix '-ity'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ar.ti.fi.t͡ʃi.a.li.ˈta.te] |
| Source | Lexicon of Literary Aesthetics, Behavioral Psychology and Critical Analysis Standards |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Criticul literar a taxat acea artificialitate evidentă din stilul autorului, considerând dialogurile ca fiind complet rigide.
EN: The literary critic penalized that obvious artificiality in the author's style, considering the dialogues completely rigid.
RO: Zâmbetul ei trăda o anumită artificialitate, fiind mimat doar pentru a respecta eticheta protocolului oficial.
EN: Her smile betrayed a certain artificiality, being feigned only to comply with the etiquette of the official protocol.
RO: Grădina japoneză ascunde o mare artificialitate structurală sub masca unei naturi complet sălbatice și virgine.
EN: The Japanese garden hides a high structural artificiality under the guise of completely wild and pristine nature.
Idioms & Phrases
Artificialitate comportamentală / Behavioral artificiality
RO: Atitudine nesinceră sau afectată adoptată de un individ în societate din dorința de a epata ori de a ascunde adevăratele intenții.
EN: An insincere or affected attitude adopted by an individual in society out of a desire to show off or hide true intentions.
Artificialitate stilistică / Stylistic artificiality
RO: Utilizare excesivă de figuri de stil complexe și cuvinte pretențioase care îngreunează fluiditatea structurală a operei literare.
EN: Excessive use of complex figures of speech and pretentious words that hinders the structural fluidity of the literary work.
Grad de artificialitate / Degree of artificiality
RO: Măsură structurală sau estimare ce indică cât de mult a intervenit omul în modificarea unui ecosistem ori a unui material natural.
EN: A structural measure or estimation indicating how much human intervention altered an ecosystem or a natural material.
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