synchronicity
krəˌnɪz noun
1.
coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
2.
the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction, as in a history.
3.
a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.
4.
Physics, Electricity. the state of being synchronous.
5.
Psychoanalysis. the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.
Origin:
1580–90; < Medieval Latin synchronismus < Greek synchronismós, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism
1580–90; < Medieval Latin synchronismus < Greek synchronismós, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism
Related forms
syn·chro·nis·tic, syn·chro·nis·ti·cal, adjective
syn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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synchronicity (ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated | |
| [C20: coined by Carl Jung from | |
| synchronism (ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the quality or condition of being synchronous |
| 2. | a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence |
| 3. | the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times |
| [C16: from Greek sunkhronismos; see | |
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Word Origin & History
synchronism
1588, "quality of being synchronous," from Mod.L. synchronismus, from Gk. synchronismos, from synchronos (see synchronous). Meaning "recurring at the same successive instants of time" is from 1854.
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synchronism syn·chro·nism (sĭng'krə-nĭz'əm, sĭn'-)
n.
Coincidence in time; simultaneousness. Also called synchronia.
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