Synonyms of artificiality

artificiality

noun

as in smoothness

Related Words

• smoothness
• glibness
• duplicity
• fakery
• oiliness
• falseness
• affectation
• unctuousness
• deception
• shamming
• pretentiousness
• affectedness
• sanctimoniousness
• self-satisfaction
• pretense
• self-righteousness
• pretension
• dishonesty
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• hypocrisy
• insincerity
• perfidy
• fraudulentness
• deceitfulness
• double-dealing
• falsity
• dissimulation
• two-facedness
• piousness
• dissembling
• cant

Dissimilar Words

• sincerity
• genuineness
• openness
• honesty
• truthfulness
• frankness
• directness
• candor
• straightforwardness
• naturalness
• probity
• forthrightness
• sincereness
• artlessness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of artificiality

Its obvious artificiality and absurdity fit neatly into an online meme culture that often revels in the uncanny. — Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Still, an air of artificiality and sometimes theatricality does pervade his talky, often didactic scenes, which actually plays to the benefit of the performances — especially from Huston. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

And anyone who has read even a little of Cusk’s previous work will recognize that these concerns map suspiciously closely to Cusk’s own preoccupations with artificiality. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

Is the artificiality and structural restriction of the majority of the season a lure for a show on the verge of going thoroughly bonkers in its finale? — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026

Its very artificiality can be a turn-off. — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026

No matter the role, that toughness was always there, a desire to push against the artificiality of acting to get at something true and lived-in within his characters. — Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026

Like their future disciples in PC Music, Scritti Politti were giddy pop fans who approached the form as self-conscious outsiders, foregrounding its artificiality, pushing its bright colors to new extremes, aiming to make great pop records that also asked probing questions about what pop even is. — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 15 Feb. 2026