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Definitions for Synthesis

[1] the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis,) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
[2] a complex whole formed by combining.
[3] Chemistry . the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
[4] Philosophy . the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis.
[5] Biology . modern synthesis, a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
[6] Psychology , Psychiatry . the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality.
[7] an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) , the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis) .
[8] the process of combining objects or ideas into a complex whole Compare analysis
[9] the combination or whole produced by such a process
[10] the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials
[11] linguistics the use of inflections rather than word order and function words to express the syntactic relations in a language Compare analysis (def. 5)
[12] philosophy archaic synthetic reasoning
[13] philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it Compare analysis (def. 7) the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis
[14] philosophy an interpretive method in which the contradiction between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis is resolved at a higher level of truth (synthesis)

Words related to Synthesis

fusion, amalgam, amalgamation, union, blend, integration, composite, entirety, construction, unification, unit, organism, compound, organization, whole, structure, integrating, coalescence, welding

Words nearby Synthesis

synteny, synteresis, synth, synth-pop, synthase, synthesis, synthesis gas, synthesize, synthesizer, synthespian, synthetase

Origin of Synthesis

1580–90; < Latin < Greek sýnthesis, equivalent to syn- syn- + the- (stem of tithénai to put, place) + -sis -sis

Words that may be confused with Synthesis

antithesis, synthesis, thesis

Other words from Synthesis

syn·the·sist , noun
non·syn·the·sis , noun, plural non·syn·the·ses.
re·syn·the·sis , noun, plural re·syn·the·ses.
synthesize verb

Word origin for Synthesis

C17: via Latin from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai to put together, from syn- + tithenai to place

Synonyms for Synthesis

amalgam, fusion, amalgamation, blend, coalescence, composite, compound, construction, entirety, integrating, integration, organism, organization, structure, unification, union, unit, welding, whole, building a whole, constructing, forming, making one