syncretism
Plural: syncretisms
Noun
- the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
- "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"
- the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
- The fusion of different inflexional forms.
Origin / Etymology
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”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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