[ sɪn'θɛtɪk ]
■ adjective
1》 made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
↘not genuine; unnatural.
2》 Logic having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience. Compare with analytic .
3》 Linguistics (of a language) tending to use inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure. Contrasted with analytic .
■ noun a ~ substance, especially a textile fibre.
Derivatives
~al adjective
~ally adverb
Origin
C17: from Fr. synthétique or mod. L. ~us , from Gk sunthetikos , based on suntithenai 'place together'.