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  • 11artificiality — See: artificial …

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  • 12artificiality — /ˌatəfɪʃiˈæləti/ (say .ahtuhfishee aluhtee) noun (plural artificialities) 1. artificial quality. 2. an artificial thing or trait …

  • 13artificiality — noun the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally • Derivationally related forms: ↑artificial • Hypernyms: ↑unnaturalness • Hyponyms: ↑staginess, ↑theatricality, ↑pretension, ↑ …

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  • 14artificial — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tɪfɪ̱ʃ(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ Artificial objects, materials, or processes do not occur naturally and are created by human beings, for example using science or technology. ...a wholefood diet free from artificial additives, colours and flavours …

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  • 15Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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  • 16painting, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of Western painting from its beginnings in prehistoric times to the present.       Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment (but see also drawing for discussion of depictions in …

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  • 17natural — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French naturel, from Latin naturalis of nature, from natura nature Date: 14th century 1. based on an inherent sense of right and wrong < natural justice > 2. a. being in accordance with or&#8230; …

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  • 18Intelligent design — This article is about intelligent design as promulgated by the Discovery Institute. For other uses, see Intelligent design (disambiguation). For the philosophical argument from design , see Teleological argument …

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  • 19International auxiliary language — An international auxiliary language (sometimes abbreviated as IAL or auxlang) or interlanguage is a language meant for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common native language. An auxiliary language is&#8230; …

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  • 20Criticism of Esperanto — Esperanto …

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