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   An·a·lyt·ic

   /ˌanəˈlidik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or using analysis or logical reasoning; analytical: "we have taken an extremely analytic approach to targeting customers"
   • 2. true by virtue of the meaning of the words or concepts used to express it, so that its denial would be a self-contradiction.
   • 3. (of a language) tending not to alter the form of its words and to use word order rather than inflection or agglutination to express grammatical structure.

   Word Origin early 17th century: via Latin from Greek analutikos, from analuein ‘unloose’.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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