keinotekoisina

Keinotekoisina is a Finnish adjective form derived from keinotekoinen, meaning artificial or man-made. It functions to describe multiple items as being artificial, and it often appears in sentences where several objects or environments are characterized in that way. In texts that discuss natural versus artificial phenomena, models, or manufactured environments, keinotekoisina helps to express the sense of “as artificial ones.”

Etymology and morphology: keinotekoinen combines keino (means, device) and teko (fabrication) with the standard -inen adjective suffix to yield meaning “artificial.” The form keinotekoisina is the plural, essive-like or translative-inflected form used to designate the state or role of several items as artificial. This inflected form is typical in formal or technical Finnish, where the predicate or modifier aligns with a plural noun in a state-of-being sense.

Usage: The term is most common in academic, scientific, or speculative discourse. It can appear with verbs that indicate judgment or classification, such as pidetty (considered) or nähty (seen). Example: Tutkimus vertailee keinotekoisina pidettyjä ympäristöjä, kuten laboratorioiden sisäilmaa. This illustrates how the plural form marks that multiple entities are being described as artificial.

See also: Finnish grammar, keinotekoinen, translative and essive forms in Finnish, artificiality in language.

Note: The term is specialized and less common in everyday language, but it is a standard word in contexts dealing with artificial vs. natural distinctions.