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systasis

/ˈsɪstəsɪs/

systasis noun: the combination of different elements; synthesis.

Noun

systasis (plural systases)

  1. The combination of different elements; synthesis.
  2. (obsolete, rare) A union or confederation.
    • The municipal army […] is a worse preservative of a general constitution, than the systasis of Crete, or the confederation of Poland.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 328

Forms of systasis

pluralsystases

Origin of systasis

From post-classical Latin systasis, and its source, Ancient Greek σύστασις (sústasis, “composition, construction”), from συν- (sun-, “syn-”) + στάσις (stásis, “stasis”).

Questions about systasis

What does systasis mean?
Systasis means the combination of different elements; synthesis.
What part of speech is systasis?
Systasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce systasis?
Systasis is pronounced /ˈsɪstəsɪs/.
What is the plural of systasis?
The plural of systasis is systases.

Words near systasis in the dictionary

  1. syssitias
  2. syst
  3. syst.
  4. systaltic
  5. systases
  6. systasis
  7. systatic
  8. system
  9. system administrator
  10. system administrators
  11. system architecture

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