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syncretism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syncretism \Syn"cre*tism\, n. (Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Syncretism \Syn"cre*tism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr ? to make two parties join against a third: cf F. syncr['e]tisme.] Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial. --Baxter. Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy. --Krauth-Fleming.
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