Artifice
Artifice is to trick, use deception,
or expertise to fool someone. Artificial
refers to something which is not
natural. Its original sense, related
to artifact and artifice, refers
to a product of human endeavor;
a more English synonym is man-made.
It is also used, however, to mean
false, a substitute for the real
thing, as in artificial turf or
artificial sweetener.
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