Syncreticism

syn·cre·tism (s

-t

m, s

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 sunkrtismos, union, from sunkrtizein, to unite (in the manner of the Cretan cities) : sun-, syn- + Krs, Krt-, Cretan.]

syn·cretic (-kr

k), syncre·tistic (-kr

-t

k) adj.

syncre·tist n.

syncretism [ˈsɪŋkrɪˌtɪzəm]

1. (Philosophy) the tendency to syncretize

2. (Linguistics) 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

[from New Latin syncrētismus, from Greek sunkrētismos alliance of Cretans, from sunkrētizein to join forces (in the manner of the Cretan towns), from syn- + Krēs a Cretan]

syncretic [sɪŋˈkrɛtɪk], syncretistic adj

syncretist n

syncretism

the attempted reconciliation of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion. — syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical, adj.

See also: Protestantism

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Noun	1.	syncretism - the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories" unification, union - the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"
	2.	syncretism - the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections) fusion - the merging of adjacent sounds or syllables or words

Translations

syncretism [ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm] N → sincretismo m

syncretism

n (Ling) → Synkretismus m

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Since European racialism developed at the ground-level within dynamic borderland contexts like cultural syncreticism, international political rivalries, and transatlantic commerce, it is questionable whether crucial issues connected to racial ideologies--most notably, the rise, expansion, and eventual abolition of African slavery--can be reasonably divorced from the social relations of power throughout the Atlantic World and approached instead mainly as intellectual problems.

The Forging of Races: Race and Scripture in the Protestant Atlantic ... by Marler, Scott P. / Journal of Social History

we need to give our student at least a rudimentary introduction to the nature of the New Christianity--its size, influence and variety--as well as strategies for identifying and critically working with allusions, hybridity, and syncreticism.

Preface by Osa, Osayimwense / Journal of African Children's and Youth Literature

23) I use the adjective 'clumsy' in conceding with Valente that if syncreticism was Stoker's actual intention, it was, as with his previous novel The Snake's Pass, 'an act of literary apprenticeship' (24) and yet it possibly saved Stoker the vilification, and indeed imprisonment, some other Irish writers and activists were unable to avoid.

Envisioning an indulgence: Dracula (1897) & Van Helsing (2004) by Starrs, D. Bruno / Traffic (Parkville)

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