Synthetic

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NOUN

a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

ADJ

not of natural origin

involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis

systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

artificial as if portrayed in a film

not genuine or natural

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