Factitious

factitious
    adj 1: not produced by natural forces; "brokers created a
           factitious demand for stocks"
    

Factitious \Fac*ti"tious\, a. [L. factitius, fr. facere to make.
   See {Fact}, and cf. {Fetich}.]
   Made by art, in distinction from what is produced by nature;
   artificial; sham; contrived; formed by, or adapted to, an
   artificial or conventional, in distinction from a natural,
   standard or rule; not natural; as, factitious cinnabar or
   jewels; a factitious taste. -- {Fac-ti"tious*ly}, adv. --
   {Fac*ti"tious*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

         He acquires a factitious propensity, he forms an
         incorrigible habit, of desultory reading. --De Quincey.

   Syn: Unnatural.

   Usage: {Factitious}, {Unnatural}. Anything is unnatural when
          it departs in any way from its simple or normal state;
          it is factitious when it is wrought out or wrought up
          by labor and effort, as, a factitious excitement. An
          unnatural demand for any article of merchandise is one
          which exceeds the ordinary rate of consumption; a
          factitious demand is one created by active exertions
          for the purpose. An unnatural alarm is one greater
          than the occasion requires; a factitious alarm is one
          wrought up with care and effort.
          [1913 Webster]
    

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "factitious":
      affected, artificial, assumed, bogus, counterfeit, counterfeited,
      engineered, fabricated, faked, false, falsified, feigned, forced,
      imitation, insincere, man-made, manufactured, mock, pretended,
      rigged, set up, sham, simulated, spurious, synthetic, unauthentic,
      unreal