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synthetic noun
Meaning : A compound made artificially by chemical reactions.
Synonyms : synthetic substance
synthetic adjective
Meaning : Not of natural origin. Prepared or made artificially.
Example :
Man-made fibers.
Synthetic leather.
Synonyms : man-made, semisynthetic
Meaning : Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis.
Example :
Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology.
Synonyms : synthetical
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles).
An analytic experiment.An analytic approach.
A keenly analytic man.
Analytical reasoning.
An analytical mind.
analytic, analytical
Meaning : Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words.
Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.
analytic, uninflectedMeaning : Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
Example :
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.
Synonyms : synthetical
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition.analytic, analytical
Meaning : Artificial as if portrayed in a film.
Example :
A novel with flat celluloid characters.
Synonyms : celluloid
Meaning : Not genuine or natural.
Example :
Counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic.
