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ANALYTIC

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Example:

'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

Synonyms:

analytic; analytical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Also:

a priori (involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact)

deductive (involving inferences from general principles)

logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

Antonym:

synthetic (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

Synonyms:

analytic; uninflected

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

isolating (relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles)

Domain category:

linguistics (the scientific study of language)

Antonym:

synthetic (systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Example:

an analytical mind

Synonyms:

analytic; analytical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

synthetic (involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis)

Derivation:

analysis (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)

analyticity (the property of being analytic)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus

Example:

analytic statics

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Pertainym:

analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)

Derivation:

analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)

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