| Pronunciation: | | 'singkri`tizum
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| Matching Terms: | | syncretise, syncretist, syncretistic, syncretistical
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- [n] the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- [n] the union (or attempted union) of different systems (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"
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| | See Also: | | fusion, unification, union |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Syn"cre*tism\, n. (Philol.)
The union or fusion into one of two or more originally
different inflectional forms, as of two cases.
\Syn"cre*tism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to make two parties
join against a third: cf. F. syncr['e]tisme.]
Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at
variance with each other.
He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the
reconcilement of Christ and Belial. --Baxter.
Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.
--Krauth-Fleming.
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