Definitions for synthesis
synthesis
syn·the·sis
Spelling: [sin-thuh-sis]
IPA: /ˈsɪn θə sɪs/
Synthesis is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 208 anagrams from letters in synthesis (ehinsssty).
Definitions for synthesis
noun
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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.
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a complex whole formed by combining.
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Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
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Philosophy. the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis.
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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.
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Psychology, Psychiatry. the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality.
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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)
Origin of synthesis
1580-90; Latin Greek sýnthesis, equivalent to syn- syn- + the- (stem of tithénai to put, place) + -sis -sis
Examples for synthesis
Master of a complex art, his nature complex, the synthesis was irresistible.
Palmer's inability to reach a synthesis in almost any area of his life is what makes him exasperating.
It would kill those synthesis girls if they knew how he had been talking to you.
This will be your own new trend: synthesis of your evolved consciousness and your old-fashioned conscience.
This was code: the Hebrew writers of Zionism were now reprising this Hellenizing genius and synthesis.
That's why the synthesis is so good for me; it concentrates me, if it is on a block hand.
She came to say she could not take the time from the synthesis to pay me that little visit.
They spoke of the synthesis, and asked her how she liked it, but they did not wait for her to say.
First, you must seek a synthesis of love and desire in a single relationship.
Almost all Christians, even most textualists, accept the need for exegesis, synthesis, and theological application.