synthetic

Definitions of synthetic in various dictionaries:

noun - a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

adj - not of natural origin

adj - involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis

adj - systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

adj - of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

adj - artificial as if portrayed in a film

adj - not genuine or natural

Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.

Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.

Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived: “counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic” (George F.

Relating to or being a language, such as Latin or Russian, that uses inflectional affixes to express syntactic relationships.

Relating to or being a proposition that attributes to a subject a predicate not inherent in the subject and that does not result in a contradiction if negated.