Both Uses of
synthetic
in
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- Are they synthetic a priori judgments, as Kant said?†
Part 3 *
- Mass-produced plastics and synthetics aren't in themselves bad.†
Part 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(synthetic) artificial (man-made rather than natural); or not genuine
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of synthetic which are used in such fields as Philosophy and Linguistics.