synthesis
- noun
- /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
- Specialized
- Using synthesis, she applied general principles of philosophy to analyze specific moral dilemmas.
- synthesis and analysis
- synthesis and evaluation
You know, for example, I've mentioned the thesis, antithesis, synthesis thing.
- You know, for example, I've mentioned the thesis, antithesis, synthesis thing.
- Could we actually condition more social virtue, more civic virtue, more orientation towards dialectical synthesis, more empathy, more rationality?
Examples
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In this example, the system uses synthesis to compute j from the constraint i = 2 * j + 1.
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Schemas in the experiential system are assumed to represent generalizations based upon the synthesis of emotionally significant experiences.
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We have presented the general idea of turning decision procedures into synthesis procedures.
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If they are just traditional or pragmatic, however, such a synthesis seems less likely.
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An effective course requires a logical framework to enhance the synthesis of the concepts and materials.
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We begin by reviewing the five models and then present the logic of our conceptual synthesis.
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Some epistemological synthesis or compromise, for example, occurs in many collaborative endeavors.
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Under this assumption, automatic skills include lower-level cognitive processes such as perception, memory, analysis, and synthesis.
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Hence, his critiques had a dialectical quality and aimed at a kind of intellectual synthesis.
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Items on the test were generated using Bloom's Taxonomy levels of learning: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
A conclusion reached by using reasoning and evidence
To use general rules to reach a specific conclusion about one case
Antonyms
Compounds
A way of joining different ideas and images in your mind into one clear picture
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Synthesis comes from Greek parts syn- 'together' and thesis 'to put'. In logic and philosophy it means 'putting together' general ideas to make a specific conclusion, so the origin explains why synthesis moves from broad principles to a concrete result.