artificiality

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Engines with a 50-50 split between internal combustion and hybrid power - complete with 'overtaking' and 'boost' modes - have led to accusations of artificiality.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

He does not like the artificiality of the racing with the overtake mode and boost buttons.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Trills of harp-like melody underscore its essential artificiality, but its constant movement from one section to the next makes the piece seem organic and alive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Instead, the documentary is a star-studded, rose-colored recollection of better days, a look back at an era that didn’t seem so fraught with deception and morbid artificiality.

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

It is not surprising that the history of science is a problematic activity, because science itself constantly claims to escape from its own temporal specificity, its own artificiality.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton