Synthetic
Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
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Synthetic leather
Artificial as if portrayed in a film
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Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis
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Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology
A compound made artificially by chemical reactions
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Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
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`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
Not genuine or natural
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Counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic
Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words