'Syncretism' definitions:
Definition of 'syncretism'
(from WordNet)
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"
noun
The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
Definition of 'Syncretism'
From: GCIDE
- Syncretism \Syn"cre*tism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncr['e]tisme.]
- 1. Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other. [1913 Webster]
- He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial. --Baxter. [1913 Webster]
- Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy. --Krauth-Fleming. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'syncretism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addition,
- admixture,
- affiliation,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agreement,
- alliance,
- alloyage,
- amalgamation,
- Anschluss,
- assimilation,
- association,
- blend,
- blending,
- cabal,
- cartel,
- casualness,
- centralization,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- combination,
- combine,
- combo,
- comminglement,
- commingling,
- commixture,
- composition,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- crudity of intellect,
- denominationalism,
- eclecticism,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fusion,
- hookup,
- immixture,
- imprudence,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- indiscreetness,
- indiscretion,
- indiscriminateness,
- indiscrimination,
- insensibility,
- insensitivity,
- integration,
- interfusion,
- interlarding,
- interlardment,
- interminglement,
- intermingling,
- intermixture,
- junction,
- junta,
- lack of feeling,
- lack of refinement,
- league,
- marriage,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- mingling,
- mixing,
- mixture,
- package,
- package deal,
- partisanism,
- pluralism,
- promiscuity,
- promiscuousness,
- schismatism,
- sectarianism,
- sectarism,
- solidification,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tactlessness,
- tie-up,
- uncriticalness,
- undiscriminatingness,
- undiscriminativeness,
- unfastidiousness,
- unification,
- union,
- unmeticulousness,
- unparticularness,
- unpreciseness,
- unselectiveness,
- untactfulness,
- wedding