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synecism

synecism is the alternative spelling of synoecism.

Meaning of synoecism

Noun

synoecism (plural synoecisms)

  1. (Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.
    • They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.1886, English History Review, I, pg 636

Forms of synecism

pluralsynecisms

Questions about synecism

What is synecism the alternative spelling of?
Synecism is the alternative spelling of synoecism.

Words near synecism in the dictionary

  1. synechological
  2. synechology
  3. synechoxanthin
  4. synechthry
  5. synecious
  6. synecism
  7. synecisms
  8. syneclise
  9. syneclises
  10. synecologic
  11. synecological

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synecism (page history and authors); synoecism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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