English adjective: analytical | |||
1. | analytical using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | ||
Samples | An analytic experiment. An analytic approach. A keenly analytic man. Analytical reasoning. An analytical mind. | ||
Synonyms | analytic | ||
Antonyms | synthetical, synthetic | ||
2. | analytical of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | ||
Samples | `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition. | ||
Synonyms | analytic | ||
See also | a priori, deductive, logical | ||
Domain category | logic | ||
Antonyms | synthetical, synthetic | ||