FACTITIOUS
(adj.) not produced by natural forces
"brokers created a factitious demand for stocks"
presumably the statue is of factitious marble, because for that price you're not going to get the real stuff -added by nithi
the factitious friendliness shown by the beauty-pageant contestants to one another -added by nithi
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Mnemonics for factitious
(Tag: ) sounds very similar to word FICTITIOUS....so something which is fictitious .. is always artificial.
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(Tag: adult) boyOboy!!look at her tits!! they are fake tits bro,they place some kind of gelatinous substance there...hence factitious(artificial)!!!cant help...remembered tat way!! :)
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(Tag: example) factitious = false tears. so factitious is artificial where as facetious is humurous. factitious = tears (artificial) facetious = joy (humour). remember this as analogy.
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(Tag: ) fact+itious—sounds like fact+eatious—eating the facts(truth)—so misrepresenting the truth, so copying illegally or artificial
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(Tag: ) Factitious....FAKE + THI... say as in she was fake...hypocrite.. or fake by looks as she was all donned with make up...
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(Tag: ) fact+eat+ous means eats fact means imaginary and untrue
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(Tag: ) Something which constantly needs facts to support it must be artificial because truth is eternal.
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(Tag: false) fictitious ....like false....
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