analytical

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
  2. adjective of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Etymology

Compare with French analytique. See analysis.

In classic literature

Synonyms

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