up:: [[Concepts MOC]]
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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