1made or produced by human beings rather than occurring naturally, especially as a copy of something natural:her skin glowed in the artificial lightan artificial limbartificial flowers
(of a situation or concept) not existing naturally; contrived or false:the artificial division of people into age groups
2(of a person or their behaviour) insincere or affected:she gave an artificial smile
3 Bridge (of a bid) conventional as opposed to natural:the Italian team began with an artificial club
