syncretism

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

merger

Translations

syncrétisme

Synkretismus

sincretismo

sincretisme

sincretismo

συγκρητισμός

sincretismo

senkretizm

ikili çatı

syncretisme

تألفي

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm/

Etymology

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”).