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synthetic

adjectivenoun 9 letters Scrabble 17 WWF 17
Definitions
adjective

not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

“synthetic leather”

adjective

artificial as if portrayed in a film

adjective

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”

noun

a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

adjective

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

“`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition”

adjective

not genuine or natural

“counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic”

adjective

systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

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