artificialnessn.
/ˌɑːtᵻˈfɪʃlnəs/, U.S. /ˌɑrdəˈfɪʃəlnəs/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or art > skill or craftsmanship > as exhibited in something
curiosityc1380
curiousnessc1386
workmanship1412
craftiness?a1425
artificialness1569
artship1598
allaborateness1727
craftsmanship1853
1569 N. Haward tr. Seneca Line of Liberalitie ii. xxxiii. f. 85 The frute of his art was to make that whyche he would. The frute of his artificiallnes and conning, was to make it so that it might yeeld him some profit and gaine.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Maistrise,..cunning, skill, artificiallnesse.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues iii. xxiv. 459 Admiring the largeness and artificialness of their Vessells.
1699 S. Whately tr. Epist. Phalaris cxxii. 134 When he opened to me the Side of it [sc. a brass bull designed as an instrument of torture],..I were equally smitten with Admiration at the Artificialness of the Contrivance, and Abhorrence of the Cruelty of it.
1752 N—— R——'s Acct. of Himself (ed. 2) iv. 134 When a person is upon the rack, the fine artificialness of the machine, cannot in the least divert his attention from the agonies he undergoes.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 1 134 The art and artificialness of poetry and different things.
2. The quality of being artificial as opposed to natural or real.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > artificiality > [noun]
artificialness1594
artificialitya1763
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits xii. 195 This artificialnesse grew to such force, as it was conuerted into nature.
1725 J. F. de la Fond New Syst. Music ii. 40 As for the odd two Notes, they having neither naturalness enough, nor any thing of artificialness, it will be very difficult to find a proper name for them.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 327 The snug artificialness of the city.
1844 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xxxv The sense of artificialness, the absence of all appearance of reality.
1880 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Sept. 629 Cowper, in avoiding the artificialness of Pope, had lapsed into a bold literalness.
1941 Southtown Economist (Chicago) 30 Mar. 4/2 It is far better for any girl to add to the attractiveness of her real self than to put on an artificialness that must wear off or fail entirely.
1976 Cinema Jrnl. 15 72 Great pains have been taken to show the artificialness of that ‘film’.
2007 Independent (Nexis) 8 Jan. 34 The artificialness of the flavouring, and the fact that an entire meal could be made simply by rehydration, fitted beautifully with the nascent Japanese admiration, even love, of anything ‘hi-tech’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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