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   Syn·the·sis

   /ˈsinTHəsəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the combination of ideas to form a theory or system: "the synthesis of intellect and emotion in his work"
   • ▪ the process of making compound and derivative words.
   • ▪ the use of inflected forms rather than word order to express grammatical structure.
   • 2. the production of chemical compounds by reaction from simpler materials: "the synthesis of methanol from carbon monoxide and hydrogen"
   • 3. (in Hegelian philosophy) the final stage in the process of dialectical reasoning, in which a new idea resolves the conflict between thesis and antithesis.

   Word Origin early 17th century: via Latin from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai ‘place together’.

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   • 1. synthesist noun

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   the combination of ideas into a complex whole. synonyms: synthetic thinking. see more. noun. the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) see more. noun. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) synonyms: deduction, deductive reasoning.

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   What does synthesis stand for?

   • The term synthesis also refers, in the dialectical philosophy of the 19th-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, to the higher stage of truth that combines the truth of a thesis and an antithesis. Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy underscores an existential type of synthesis.

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   What does synthesise mean?

   • When you write a literature review or essay, you have to go beyond just summarizing the articles you’ve read – you need to synthesize the literature to show how it all fits together (and how your own research fits in). Synthesizing simply means combining.

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   Does synthesis mean to put things together?

   • Synthesis is from the Greek; it means putting together. Its English meaning is the same: the putting together of something out of two or more different sources. Synthetic fabrics, for instance, are called that because they’re constructed from a number of different chemical building blocks. In this section, we’re talking about ideas.

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   What does the suffix synthesis mean?

   • synthesis - reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) deductive reasoning , deduction abstract thought , logical thinking , reasoning - thinking that is coherent and logical

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