syncretism

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, uncountable) The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
2. (countable, uncountable) The fusion of different inflexional forms.

Concepten

syncretisme

Synoniemen

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Vertalingen

syncrétisme

Synkretismus

sincretismo

sincretisme

sincretismo

συγκρητισμός

sincretismo

senkretizm

ikili çatı

تألفي

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).