Made or produced artificially; created by human action rather than occurring naturally.
From Latin factitius (from facere, 'to make'). A rare, technical variant of 'factitious,' more common in specialized scientific and philosophical contexts.
Both 'factitial' and 'factitious' come from Latin 'facere' (to make), but 'factitial' is so rare that most modern writers use 'factitious' — language sometimes eliminates near-synonyms to reduce confusion.
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