Synthetic

1. Etymology

Synthetic is Sharp’s synonym redirect to constructive—Jung’s name for the method antithetical to reductive, oriented to goal, purpose, and what emerges. Related: final; teleological; symbol.

2. Plain summary

Examples (exhaustive house list for this Index lemma — common synthetic motifs named across Jung’s essays and standard Jungian lexica; not a claim that Jung’s CW contains only these):
Sharp redirect → constructive; antithesis of reductive; teleological / what emerges; subjective truth of fantasy; dual-stamp CONSTR-1–3 only.

3. Academic elucidation

Hub entry. Authority and §5 sample: constructive (CONSTR folded). No new synthetic leaf stamps this pass.

4. Lexicon

Sharp (1991)

Synthetic. See constructive.

Constructive. … I use constructive and synthetic to designate a method that is the antithesis of reductive…

(Sharp, 1991)

… Jung described this orientation as ‘synthetic’, with the implication that it was what emerged from the starting point that was of primary significance…

(Samuels, Shorter, & Plaut, 1986, p. 127) — dual via constructive.

5. CW concordance — sample, not exhaustive

See also: constructive; reductive; final; symbol; synchronicity; subjective-level.

References

Samuels, A., Shorter, B., & Plaut, F. (1986). A critical dictionary of Jungian analysis. Routledge.

Sharp, D. (1991). Jung lexicon: A primer of terms & concepts. Inner City Books.