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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
synthetic
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions • Syn: synthetic substance • Hypernyms: compound, chemical compound • Hyponyms: Plasticine, phosphor, rubber, synthetic rubber
1. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially (Freq. 7) - man-made fibers - synthetic leather • Syn: man-made, semisynthetic • Similar to: artificial, unreal • Topics: chemistry, chemical science 2. 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 • Syn: synthetical • Ant: analytic • Derivationally related forms: synthesis (for: synthetical), synthesis 3. systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words • Ant: analytic • Similar to: agglutinative, polysynthetic • Topics: linguistics 4. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts - 'all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition • Syn: synthetical • Ant: analytic • See Also: a posteriori, inductive, logical • Derivationally related forms: synthesis • Topics: logic 5. artificial as if portrayed in a film - a novel with flat celluloid characters • Syn: celluloid • Similar to: artificial, unreal 6. not genuine or natural - "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will • Similar to: counterfeit, imitative
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