The adjective factitious means artificially created or unnatural. The adjective fictitious means false or fabricated.
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There was an adequate display of fictitious grief among her social equals.
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There was an adequate display of factitious grief among her social equals.
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The names they gave me were factitious names.
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The names they gave me were fictitious names.
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