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Syncrisis

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syn·cri·sis

   [sing-kruh-sis, sin-]
–nounRhetoric Obsolete.
the comparison of opposites.
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Origin:
1650–60; < LL < Gk sýnkrisis combination, comparison, equiv. to syn- syn- + kri- (s. of krī́nein to separate) + -sis -sis
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