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analytical

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
Received-Pronunciation: [ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kɫ̩]
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Canada, General-American: /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
Canada, General-American: [ˌɛən.əˈlɪɾ.ɪ.kɫ̩] /æ/ raising
Canada, General-American: /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ə.kəl/
Canada, General-American: [ˌæn.əˈlɪɾ.ə.kɫ̩]
Canada, General-American: [ˌɛən.əˈlɪɾ.ə.kɫ̩] /æ/ raising
Australian: /ˌæn.əˈlɪt.ɪ.kəl/
Australian: [ˌæn.əˈlɪɾ.ɪ.kɫ̩]
New-Zealand: /ˌɛn.əˈlət.ə.kəl/
New-Zealand: [ˌɛn.əˈləɾ.ə.kɫ̩]
CMU ARPABET: AE2 N AH0 L IH1 T IH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

an analytical experiment

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Synonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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an analytical mind

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adjective

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

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Synonyms: analytic

Antonyms: none provided

adjective

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

an analytic experiment
an analytic approach
a keenly analytic man
analytical reasoning
an analytical mind

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Synonyms: analytic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Compare with French analytique. See analysis.

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Inflections and variants

more analytical — comparative
most analytical — superlative

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Derived and related words

Derived: analytical chemistry, analytical editing, analytical engine, analytical entry, analytical geometry, analyticality, analytically, analyticalness, analytical psychology, analytical table of contents, bioanalytical, cryptoanalytical, electroanalytical, glycoanalytical, hypnoanalytical, immunoanalytical, intraanalytical, macroanalytical, metanalytical, microanalytical, multianalytical, nanoanalytical, narcoanalytical, nonanalytical, overanalytical, postanalytical, preanalytical, protoanalytical, pseudoanalytical, pseudo-analytical, pseudo analytical, psychoanalytical, quasianalytical, radioanalytical, schizoanalytical, semianalytical, thermoanalytical, topoanalytical, unanalytical

Related: analytic, logic, a priori, deductive, logical, analysis

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