| 释义 |
‖ ˈsyncrisis ? Obs.
[late L., a. Gr. σύγκρισις, f. συγκρίνειν to compound, compare, f. σύν syn-1 + κρίνειν to separate.]
Comparison; Rhet. a figure by which diverse or opposite things are compared.
1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 207 Syncrisis is a comparison of contrary things, and divers persons in one sentence. 1673Ess. Educ. Gentlewom. 38 All Knowledge is increased by Syncrisis. 1674M. Lewis Ess. Educ. Youth 17 All instruction ought to be by syncrisis, that is, comparing what we are to learn with what we know. |