01 a. of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic.
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of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic.(Logic)
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2.
exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
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3.
capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people.
Syn.
appraising(prenominal), evaluative.