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synthetic

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Definition

artificial (man-made rather than natural); or not genuine

A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of synthetic which are used in such fields as Philosophy and Linguistics.

The couch is covered with synthetic leather.

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

She said it with a synthetic smile.

synthetic = not genuine

They are trying to make a good synthetic fabric that breathes better than cotton.

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

Venter built the first synthetic one-celled organism.

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

Chemists learned to make synthetic penicillin.

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

...the centrifugal pump that kept the liquid moving over the placenta and drove it through the synthetic lung and waste product filter.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

Several of the ingredients were synthetic additives that are permitted under federal organic rules.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

"No, not synthetic starch and cotton-waste flour-substitute," he had insisted.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)

Mustapha Mond's oratory was almost up to synthetic standards.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = machine-made

The sound-track roll was unwinding itself in Synthetic Anti-Riot Speech Number Two (Medium Strength).
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = machine-made

Two more were busy round the portable Synthetic Music Box.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

Suddenly, from out of the Synthetic Music Box a Voice began to speak.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

AN ALL-SUPER-SINGING, SYNTHETIC-TALKING, COLOURED, STEREOSCOPIC FEELY.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

They interrupted themselves for a moment to sing a synthetic quartet, with full super-orchestral accompaniment and gardenias on the scent organ.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

In the synthetic music machine the sound-track roll began to unwind.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

The synthetic music plant was working as they entered the hall and left nothing to be desired.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

Then to the accompaniment of the synthetic orchestra the First Solidarity Hymn was sung.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

ALL THE LATEST SYNTHETIC MUSIC.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

Three charming girls from the Bureau of Propaganda by Synthetic Voice waylaid him as he stepped out of the lift.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

Then came the Bureaux of Propaganda by Television, by Feeling Picture, and by Synthetic Voice and Music respectively–twenty-two floors of them.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

synthetic = artificial

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