artificiality

The first few songs sketch out the record’s themes, in which individual dreams are cheapened in a world that rewards artificiality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The artificiality of all this, however, has pitted him against traditionalists who believe in the ocean's ability to self-heal.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

Davis’ driving goal was “to find a song that fits naturally, so there’s no sense of artificiality when they sing it,” he told The Times in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

The concept of a year-round mountain resort took the area into a realm of artificiality that is no longer seen as viable.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

By their obvious artificiality, they call into question the reality of landscape and figures alike.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

In all our anxiety over artificialities, we haven’t thought carefully enough about how to distinguish between rank cheating and the murkier world of performance enhancement.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2022

All of the celebrity tributes and voice-over videos were artificialities, junk, compared to the audience’s acclaim for Serena Williams, the pure roaring waterfalls of applause that thundered down in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2022

Basketball, on the other hand, has its own rituals and artificialities and weird rituals, and I will sit through pretty much anything basketball-related.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2012

They cannot escape from their overbearing surfaces and artificialities.

From BusinessWeek ● Feb. 27, 2012

It is hard to imagine Tom Smith surrounded by the artificialities of show business, standing in a glitzy showring, loosing horses to run in chaotic sprints, and not think that something precious was being squandered.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand