noun
US/ˌɑːr.tə.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.ti/
UK/ˌɑː.tɪ.fɪʃ.iˈæl.ə.ti/
The quality of seeming false or not natural, as if made by people.
In context
I disliked the artificiality of the party, where everyone smiled but nobody was honest.
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