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Antonyms for organic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : awr-gan-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ɔrˈgæn ɪk

Definition of organic

Origin :
  • 1510s, "serving as an organ or instrument," from Latin organicus, from Greek organikos "of or pertaining to an organ, serving as instruments or engines," from organon "instrument" (see organ). Sense of "from organized living beings" is first recorded 1778 (earlier this sense was in organical, mid-15c.). Meaning "free from pesticides and fertilizers" first attested 1942. Organic chemistry is attested from 1831.
  • adj basic, natural
Example sentences :
  • But first, let me say in what sense I have used the words "organic nature."
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • These are termed "organs," and the whole together is called "organic."
  • Extract from : « The Present Condition of Organic Nature » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Such alliances have not in the past caused any organic union.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • The question of how the present condition of organic nature came about, resolves itself into two questions.
  • Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley
  • Ione wondered if it might not be something like an organic molecule on a large scale.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • The loam should be slightly moist, and free from organic matter.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • No better image of nature or truth, as an organic whole, can be conceived than this.
  • Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
  • I do not believe that the differences of opinion and character in men are organic.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Mason, you'll make a final correlation on the organic surveyors.
  • Extract from : « The Long Voyage » by Carl Richard Jacobi
  • Humanity, like virtually all other organic life on Earth, was dying.
  • Extract from : « It's All Yours » by Sam Merwin

Synonyms for organic

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