| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fac·ti·tious |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f k-t sh  s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Produced artificially rather than by a natural process. 2. Lacking authenticity or genuineness; sham: speculators responsible for the factitious value of some stocks. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin fact cius, from factus, past participle of facere, to make. See dh - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | fac·titious·ly —ADVERB
fac·titious·ness —NOUN
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