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Definition of Syncretism
1. Noun. The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy). "A syncretism of material and immaterial theories"
Derivative terms: Syncretic, Syncretical, Syncretistic, Syncretistical, Syncretize
2. Noun. The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections).
Derivative terms: Syncretic, Syncretical, Syncretical, Syncretistic, Syncretistical, Syncretistical, Syncretize
Definition of Syncretism
1. n. Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
2. n. The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.
Definition of Syncretism
1. Noun. The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (or the attempt at such fusion) ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Syncretism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncretism
Literary usage of Syncretism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"This so-called syncretism seems ... I should therefore propose to call it by a
name which would suffice to keep it distinct from the later syncretism, ..."
2. A Source Book for Ancient Church History: From the Apostolic Age to the by Joseph Cullen Ayer (1913)
"RELIGIOUS syncretism IN THE THIRD CENTURY In the third century religious syncretism
took two leading forms—the Mithraic worship, which spread rapidly ..."
3. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"... the scholastic spirit of the time, and their self- sacrificing efforts were
by no means so fruitful as they might otherwise have been. 2. syncretism and ..."
4. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"syncretism and Ultra-Lutheranism: ... pertinent sections in the histories of
doctrine and articles " syncretism," " Calixtus," and ..."
5. A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department by Ormonde Maddock Dalton (1903)
"syncretism. It has already been remarked that the Early Christians necessarily
inherited many pagan designs and even symbols, using the former in a purely ..."
6. A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department by Ormonde Maddock Dalton (1903)
"syncretism. It has already been remarked that the Early Christians necessarily
inherited many pagan designs and even symbols, using the former in a purely ..."
7. The Dative of Agency: A Chapter of Indo-European Case-syntax by Alexander Green (1913)
"... CHAPTER III syncretism OF THE DATIVE AND OF THE INSTRUMENTAL syncretism in
General.1 § 23. Since Bopp's investigations disclosed that the IE. parent ..."
8. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"This so-called syncretism seems ... I should therefore propose to call it by a
name which would suffice to keep it distinct from the later syncretism, ..."
9. A Source Book for Ancient Church History: From the Apostolic Age to the by Joseph Cullen Ayer (1913)
"RELIGIOUS syncretism IN THE THIRD CENTURY In the third century religious syncretism
took two leading forms—the Mithraic worship, which spread rapidly ..."
10. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"... the scholastic spirit of the time, and their self- sacrificing efforts were
by no means so fruitful as they might otherwise have been. 2. syncretism and ..."
11. A Manual of Church History by Albert Henry Newman (1903)
"syncretism and Ultra-Lutheranism: ... pertinent sections in the histories of
doctrine and articles " syncretism," " Calixtus," and ..."
12. A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department by Ormonde Maddock Dalton (1903)
"syncretism. It has already been remarked that the Early Christians necessarily
inherited many pagan designs and even symbols, using the former in a purely ..."
13. A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantine Antiquities in the Department by Ormonde Maddock Dalton (1903)
"syncretism. It has already been remarked that the Early Christians necessarily
inherited many pagan designs and even symbols, using the former in a purely ..."
14. The Dative of Agency: A Chapter of Indo-European Case-syntax by Alexander Green (1913)
"... CHAPTER III syncretism OF THE DATIVE AND OF THE INSTRUMENTAL syncretism in
General.1 § 23. Since Bopp's investigations disclosed that the IE. parent ..."
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