syncretism – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
syncretism
n.
joining of two seemingly contradictory ideas or beliefs (Philosophy, Religion); combination of at least different inflectional forms (Linguistics)
Syncretism
syncretism
Noun
1. the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"
(hypernym) union, unification
(derivation) syncretize, syncretise
2. the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
(hypernym) fusion
(derivation) syncretize, syncretise
Syncretism
(n.)
Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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syncretism
Synonyms and related words:
Anschluss, addition, admixture, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alliance, alloyage, amalgamation, assimilation, association, blend, blending, cabal, cartel, casualness, centralization, coalescence, coalition, combination, combine, combo, comminglement, commingling, commixture, composition, confederacy, confederation, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, crudity of intellect, denominationalism, eclecticism, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federalization, federation, fusion, hookup, immixture, imprudence, inclusion, incorporation, indiscreetness, indiscretion, indiscriminateness, indiscrimination, insensibility, insensitivity, integration, interfusion, interlarding, interlardment, interminglement, intermingling, intermixture, junction, junta, lack of feeling, lack of refinement, league, marriage, meld, melding, merger, mingling, mixing, mixture, package, package deal, partisanism, pluralism, promiscuity, promiscuousness, schismatism, sectarianism, sectarism, solidification, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, tactlessness, tie-up, uncriticalness, undiscriminatingness, undiscriminativeness, unfastidiousness, unification, union, unmeticulousness, unparticularness, unpreciseness, unselectiveness, untactfulness, wedding
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