Synthetic meaning

a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

“man-made fibers”

“synthetic leather”

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

“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

“counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic”