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syn·cre·tism       [sing-kri-tiz-uhm, sin-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
2.Grammar. the merging, as by historical change in a language, of two or more categories in a specified environment into one, as, in nonstandard English, the use of was with both singular and plural subjects, while in standard English was is used with singular subjects (except for you in the second person singular) and were with plural subjects.
[Origin: 1610–20; < NL syncretismus < Gk synkrétismós union of Cretans, i.e., a united front of two opposing parties against a common foe, deriv. of synkrét(ízein) to syncretize + -ismos -ism]

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syn·cret·ic       [sin-kret-ik] Pronunciation Key, syn·cret·i·cal, syn·cre·tis·tic       [sing-kri-tis-tik, sin-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
syn·cre·tist, noun
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syn·cre·tism       (sĭng'krĭ-tĭz'əm, sĭn'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous.
  2. Linguistics The merging of two or more originally different inflectional forms.


[Greek sunkrētismos, union, from sunkrētizein, to unite (in the manner of the Cretan cities) : sun-, syn- + Krēs, Krēt-, Cretan.]

syn·cret'ic (-krět'ĭk), syn'cre·tis'tic (-krĭ-tĭs'tĭk) adj., syn'cre·tist n.
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syncretic

adjective
1. relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic language" 
2. of or characterized by syncretism 

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Syncretic

Syn*cret"ic\, a. Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. --Smart.

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