ar·ti·fi·cial

– adj.
1. made by human skill; produced by humans.
2. imitation; simulated; sham.
3. lacking naturalness or spontaneity; forced; contrived; feigned.
4. full of affectation; affected; stilted.
5. made without regard to the particular needs of a situation, person, etc.; imposed arbitrarily; unnatural.
6. based on arbitrary, superficial characteristics rather than natural, organic relationships.

ar·ti·fice

– noun
1. a clever trick or stratagem; a cunning, crafty device or expedient; wile.
2. trickery; guile; craftiness.
3. cunning; ingenuity; inventiveness.
4. a skillful or artful contrivance or expedient.

ar·ti·fact

– noun
1. any object made by human beings, esp. with a view to subsequent use.
2. a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
3. any mass-produced, usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture.
4. a substance or structure not naturally present in the matter being observed but formed by artificial means, as during preparation of a microscope slide.
5. a spurious observation or result arising from preparatory or investigative procedures.
6. any feature that is not naturally present but is a product of an extrinsic agent, method, or the like.

art

– noun
1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance.
2. the class of objects subject to aesthetic criteria; works of art collectively, as paintings, sculptures, or drawings.
3. the fine arts collectively, often excluding architecture.
4. skill in conducting any human activity.
5. skilled workmanship, execution, or agency, as distinguished from nature.
6. a branch of learning or university study, esp. one of the fine arts or the humanities, as music, philosophy, or literature.
7. trickery; cunning.
8. studied action; artificiality in behavior.
9. an artifice or artful device.
10. science, learning, or scholarship.