1. artificially created or developed; not natural or genuine
Usage: formal

Examples

• The politician’s factitious concern for the environment was obvious to voters.
• Her tears seemed factitious rather than genuine.
• The company created a factitious demand for their product through misleading advertising.
• The factitious rivalry between the two teams was invented by the media.
• His factitious enthusiasm fooled no one at the meeting.
• The factitious scarcity of the item drove up prices artificially.