Synchronicity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being synchronous or simultaneous. uncountable
  2. 2
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time wordnet
  3. 3
    Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces". countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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synchroneitysynchronizationcoincidenceserendipitysimultaneousnesssynchronisation

Etymology

From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous ยง Etymology.

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