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Synthesis

The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole.

Related: Convergence

Example Usage, Keywords, Concepts, and Metaphors

  • Thesis. Antithesis. Synthesis 201408190641 - ie Hegelian dialectic MOCs are Dialectics
  • Chinese culture and Confucianism - Chinese civilization is the longest living because of its ability to synthesize disparate entities, like it’s doing currently with Communism and Capitalism.
  • The Borg - via assimilation