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adj. - Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; Involving or of the nature of combining separate elements to form a coherent whole as opposed to analysis.

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  • Adjective : synthetic vitamins; synthetic fiber. ,Latin is a synthetic language, while English is analytic. ,a synthetic chuckle at a poor joke
  • A real proposition is called synthetical, as attaching some new notion to the subject.
  • The ripening of manure is both an analytical and a synthetical process.
  • Of equal importance with the analytical method of study, however, is the synthetical.
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