syn·chro·nic·i·ty (s ng kr -ns -t , sn-)n. pl. syn·chro·nic·i·ties 1. The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism. 2. Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related, conceived in Jungian theory as an explanatory principle on the same order as causality. |
synchronicity [ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ]
n
(Psychology) an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated
[coined by Carl Jung from synchronic + -ity]
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| Noun | 1. | synchronicity - the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves" temporal relation - a relation involving time |
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