artificial vs pseudo

artificial

adj
  • Insincere; fake, forced, or feigned. 

  • Conveying some meaning other than the actual contents of one's hand. 

  • Not natural or normal: imposed arbitrarily or without regard to the specifics or normal circumstances of a person, a situation, etc. 

  • Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. 

pseudo

adj
  • Insincere. 

  • Other than what is apparent; spurious; sham. 

noun
  • An intellectually pretentious person; a pseudointellectual. 

  • pseudo-city code 

  • A poseur; one who is fake. 

  • A pseudonym; a false name used for online anonymity. 

How often have the words artificial and pseudo occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )