Noun
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a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
- synthetic substance
Adjective
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not genuine or natural
"counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
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artificial as if portrayed in a film
"a novel with flat celluloid characters"
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of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
"`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
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systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
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involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis
"limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch
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not of natural origin
prepared or made artificially
"man-made fibers"
"synthetic leather"
- man made