synthetic

/sɪnθˈɛtɪk/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

adjective

not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
“man-made fibers”
involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis- P.S.Welch
“limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology”
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
“`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition”
artificial as if portrayed in a film
“a novel with flat celluloid characters”
not genuine or natural- George Will
“counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic”

noun

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