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syncretism /ˈsɪŋkrɪtɪz(ə)m/
▶noun
- 1 the amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought.
- 2 Linguistics the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language.
– derivatives
syncretic adjective,
syncretist noun & adjective,
syncretistic adjective.
syncretic adjective,
syncretist noun & adjective,
syncretistic adjective.
– origin C17: from mod. L. syncretismus, from Gk sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein ‘unite against a third party’, from sun- ‘together’ + krēs ‘Cretan’ (orig. with ref. to ancient Cretan communities).
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