syncretism
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syncretism
- /ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm̩/
Where it comes from
From Latin syncretismus, from Ancient Greek συγκρητισμός (sunkrētismós, “federation of Cretan cities”), from συγκρητίζω (sunkrētízō, “to unite against a common enemy”), from σύν (sún, “together”) (see English syn-) + Κρῆτες (Krêtes, “Cretans”). By surface analysis, syn- + Crete + -ism (“Crete joining together”).
noun syncretisms
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The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
Having thus established his trinity of hypotheses, M. Lamennais deduces therefrom, by a badly connected chain of analogies, his whole philosophy. And it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him. The theory of M. Lamennais embraces all systems, and supports all opinio
Similar: syncresis
- The fusion of different inflexional forms. In this paper a distinction is assumed between full syncretism, which affects whole morphemes, and partial syncretism, which affects only some case allomorphs, and also between syncretism proper and mere loss of a case morpheme.
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noun fusion of different systems or beliefs
| Español | sincretismo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 折衷論 /折衷论 zhézhōnglùn, 綜攝 /综摄 zōngshè |
| Français | syncrétisme |
| Deutsch | Synkretismus |
| Italiano | sincretismo |
| Ελληνικά | συγκρητισμός sygkritismós |
| Русский | синкрети́зм sinkretízm |
noun fusion of different inflexional forms
| 中文 | 類併 /类并 lèibìng, 融合 rónghé |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Synkretismus |
| Ελληνικά | συγκρητισμός sygkritismós |
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