synthesis

synthèse

Réunion de parties ou d’idées distinctes pour former un nouvel ensemble.

En anglais simple : The process of joining separate parts or ideas to make a new whole.

• The report is a synthesis of several studies.
• The course explores the synthesis of new chemical compounds.
• Her theory represents a synthesis of older ideas.

Comment l'utiliser : synthesis of something (The book offers a synthesis of recent research.)

Synonymes : combination, integration

Contraires : analysis

Expressions courantes : synthesis of something, chemical synthesis, a new synthesis

déduction

Application d’une règle générale pour tirer une conclusion sur un cas particulier.

En anglais simple : Using a general rule to reach a conclusion about a particular case.

• Synthesis moves from a general rule to a particular conclusion.
• The philosopher used synthesis to establish the result.
• Students compared synthesis with reasoning from individual cases.

Synonymes : deduction

Contraires : induction

Expressions courantes : logical synthesis, synthesis in logic

synthèse

Nouvelle idée qui réunit deux idées opposées et résout leur contradiction.

En anglais simple : A new idea that brings together two opposing ideas and resolves their disagreement.

• The synthesis brings the two opposing ideas together.
• His argument moves from thesis through antithesis to synthesis.
• They sought a synthesis that would resolve the contradiction.

Comment l'utiliser : synthesis of A and B (Their discussion produced a synthesis of the thesis and antithesis.)

Expressions courantes : dialectical synthesis, synthesis of opposites, reach a synthesis

agencement des mots

Disposition des mots d’un texte pour qu’ils s’accordent bien et soient agréables à entendre.

En anglais simple : The arrangement of words in a text so that they fit together and sound pleasant.

• The critic praised the synthesis of words in the speech.
• In rhetoric, synthesis can make a sentence pleasant to hear.
• The writer improved the synthesis by rearranging the final phrase.

Expressions courantes : rhetorical synthesis, synthesis of words