analytic

[ an-l-it-ik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or proceeding by analysis ( synthetic ).
2. skilled in or habitually using analysis.
3. (of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms. Compare synthetic ( def 3 ), polysynthetic ( def 1 ).
4. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”
5. Mathematics.
   1. (of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
   2. (of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
   3. (of a proof ) using analysis.

analytic

/ ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl; ˌænəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

1. relating to analysis
2. capable of or given to analysing

   an analytic mind

3. See agglutinative, synthetic, polysynthetic
   Alsoisolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis Compare synthetic agglutinative polysynthetic
4. logic of a proposition
   1. true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
   2. true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false Compare synthetic a priori
5. Alsoregularholomorphic maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain

Derived Forms

• ˌanaˈlytically, adverb

Other Words From

• an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb
• non·an·a·lyt·ic adjective
• non·an·a·lyt·i·cal adjective
• non·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb
• o·ver·an·a·lyt·ic adjective
• o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal adjective
• o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb
• sem·i·an·a·lyt·ic adjective
• sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal adjective
• sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb
• un·an·a·lyt·ic adjective
• un·an·a·lyt·i·cal adjective
• un·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of analytic¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin analȳticus, from Greek analȳtikós, from analy- ( analysis ) + -tikos -tic

Word History and Origins

Origin of analytic¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis

Example Sentences

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From Digiday

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From The Daily Beast

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From Project Gutenberg

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Analytic and synthetic propositions at once throw light upon the notion of a category.

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It might even be argued that every proposition is Analytic to the man who utters it and Synthetic to the man who receives it.

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