synthetic
adjective
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of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts“`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition”synthetical
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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”synthetical
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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 filmcelluloid
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not of natural originman-madesemisynthetic
noun
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a compound made artificially by chemical reactionssynthetic substance