syncreticadj.n.
/sɪnˈkrɛtɪk/, /sɪŋˈkrɛtɪk/, /sɪnˈkriːtɪk/, /sɪŋˈkriːtɪk/, U.S. /sɪŋˈkrɛdɪk/ A. adj.
1. Characterized by syncretism; aiming at a union or reconciliation of diverse beliefs, practices, or systems.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > attempting to reconcile opposites
syncretistical1764
syncretistic1828
syncretic1840
syncretical1864
1840 F. Barham Alist 17 The Syncretic Society which we founded for the advancement of literature.
1853 Fraser's Mag. 47 293 The philosophy which at the time Minucius was writing arrayed itself against Christianity, was..syncretic.
1884 A. H. Sayce Anc. Empires East 204 The syncretic spirit of Phœnician art.
2. Psychology. Relating to or characterized by the fusion of concepts or sensations. Cf. syncretism n. 3.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > fusion of sensations > [adjective]
syncretistic1926
syncretic1932
1932 M. Gabain tr. J. Piaget Moral Judgm. Child ii. 192 Since every word obtains its meaning as a function of these syncretic schemas, words end by acquiring a substance of their own independently of reality.
1952 Werner & Kaplan Acquisition of Word Meanings ii. 48 The conclusion can be drawn..that syncretic concepts are more characteristic of the younger children.
1962 I. Sarnoff Personality Dynamics & Devel. vi. 126 One variety of syncretic perception..involves a synthesis of sensations that pertain to several different sense modalities.
1969 T. Freeman Psychopathol. of Psychoses viii. 126 This thinking defect consists in the re-emergence of condensing or syncretic trends, fusing concepts that in normal circumstances are discrete and autonomous.
B. n.
= syncretist n.
ΚΠ
1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Syncretic,..a syncretist.
Derivatives
synˈcretical adj. (in sense A. 1).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > attempting to reconcile opposites
syncretistical1764
syncretistic1828
syncretic1840
syncretical1864
1864 tr. E. Renan Life of Jesus Introd. 18 Asia Minor was..the theatre of a strange movement of syncretical philosophy.
synˈcreticism n. /-sɪz(ə)m/ = syncretism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > [noun] > knowledge, study, or subject > branches or methods
practica1393
syncretism1618
eclecticism1798
syncreticism1860
eclectism1867
metaphilosophy1941
1860 Ld. Acton Lett. (1906) lxiv. 145 The representative among Belgian public men of this syncreticism, Dedecker.
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