synchronicity

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
2. (countable, uncountable) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

Synonyms

simultaneity

synchrony

simultaneousness

synchroneity

synchronisation

synchronism

synchronization

synchronizing

concurrence

concomitance

co-occurrence

same time

contemporaneousness

contemporaneity

Translations

Synchronizität

sincronicidade

sincronicidad

synchronicité

sincronicitat

sincronicità

sincronia

sincronía

synchronie

sincronisme

synchroniciteit

Gleichzeitigkeit

sincronismo

sincronia

Etymology

From synchron(ous) + -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.