syncretism
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
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 of syncretism
1Other words from syncretism
- syn·cret·ic [sin-kret-ik], /sɪnˈkrɛt ɪk/, syn·cret·i·cal, syn·cre·tis·tic [sing-kri-tis-tik, sin-], /ˌsɪŋ krɪˈtɪs tɪk, ˌsɪn-/, adjective
- syn·cre·tist, noun
Words Nearby syncretism
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How to use syncretism in a sentence
Quite fascinatingly, over time, Anubis continued to be worshipped through a unique scope of cultural syncretism.
Anubis: Mythology Of The Enigmatic Egyptian Jackal God | Dattatreya Mandal | June 27, 2022 | Realm of HistoryHis mysticism and syncretism were things that precisely Christianity cannot reproach him with.
We Philologists, Volume 8 (of 18) | Friedrich NietzscheAnd it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him.
What is Property? | P. J. ProudhonThere appears to be a very early example of syncretism in p. 49Australia.
The Homeric Hymns | Andrew LangPupils under 16 were assigned the topic syncretism in the later pagan movement.
Those which now pass for Christian in western Europe are the result of the syncretism of two thousand years.
Folkways | William Graham Sumner
British Dictionary definitions for syncretism
/ (ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm) /
the tendency to syncretize
the historical tendency of languages to reduce their use of inflection, as in the development of Old English with all its case endings into Modern English
Origin of syncretism
1Derived forms of syncretism
- syncretic (sɪŋˈkrɛtɪk) or syncretistic, adjective
- syncretist, noun
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