SYNTHETIC

• (noun) a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

  synonyms : synthetic substance

• (adj.) of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

  "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

  synonyms : synthetical

• (adj.) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : synthetical

• (adj.) not genuine or natural

  "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"

• (adj.) artificial as if portrayed in a film

  "a novel with flat celluloid characters"

  synonyms : celluloid

• (adj.) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

  "man-made fibers", "synthetic leather"

  synonyms : man-made , semisynthetic

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