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syncresis

syncresis noun: synonym of syncretism.

Noun

syncresis (uncountable)

  1. (often, proscribed, rare) Synonym of syncretism.

Synonyms of syncresis

Origin of syncresis

Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).

Questions about syncresis

What does syncresis mean?
Syncresis means synonym of syncretism.
What part of speech is syncresis?
Syncresis is a noun.

Words near syncresis in the dictionary

  1. syncotyledonous
  2. syncranterian
  3. syncranteric
  4. syncratic
  5. syncraticism
  6. syncresis
  7. syncretic
  8. syncretical
  9. syncretically
  10. syncreticism
  11. syncreticisms

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