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Syncretism

//ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm̩// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic). countable, uncountable

    "Having thus established his trinity of hypotheses, M. Lamennais deduces therefrom, by a badly connected chain of analogies, his whole philosophy. And it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him. The theory of M. Lamennais embraces all systems, and supports all opinions."

  2. 2
    the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) wordnet
  3. 3
    The fusion of different inflexional forms. countable, uncountable

    "In this paper a distinction is assumed between full syncretism, which affects whole morphemes, and partial syncretism, which affects only some case allomorphs, and also between syncretism proper and mere loss of a case morpheme."

  4. 4
    the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin syncretismus, from Ancient Greek συγκρητισμός (sunkrētismós, “federation of Cretan cities”), from συγκρητίζω (sunkrētízō, “to unite against a common enemy”), from σύν (sún, “together”) (see English syn-) + Κρῆτες (Krêtes, “Cretans”). By surface analysis, syn- + Crete + -ism (“Crete joining together”).

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