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   Syn·thet·ic

   /sinˈTHedik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product: "synthetic rubber"
   • ▪ (of an emotion or action) not genuine; insincere: "their tears are a bit synthetic"
   • 2. (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
   • 3. (of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.

   noun

   • 1. a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fiber.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. synthetical adjective
   • 2. synthetically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 17

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