单词 | syncretistic |
释义 | syncretisticadj. Belonging to, or having the character of, a syncretist or syncretists; relating to, or characterized by, syncretism. Also = syncretic adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > attempting to reconcile opposites syncretistical1764 syncretistic1828 syncretic1840 syncretical1864 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of perception > process of perception > fusion of sensations > [adjective] syncretistic1926 syncretic1932 1828 E. B. Pusey Hist. Enq. Rationalist Char. I. i. 57 The signal for the Syncretistic controversy given by Buscher in his work against Calixtus. 1833 J. H. Newman Arians 4th Cent. i. 127 Zenobia..succeeded Alexander in her..attachment to the syncretistic philosophy. 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 145 A set of syncretistic legislators. 1864 C. W. King Gnostics 68 The syncretistic sects that had sprung up in Alexandria. 1914 J. Patrick Clement of Alexandria i. 4 A like syncretistic tendency was exhibited in Gnosticism. 1926 M. Warden tr. J. Piaget Lang. & Thought of Child iv. 132 To this childish form of perception M. Claparède has given the name of syncretistic perceptions, using the name chosen by Renan to denote that first ‘wide and comprehensive but obscure and inaccurate’ activity of the spirit where ‘no distinction is made and things are heaped one upon the other’. 1976 S. Arieti Creativity ix. 195 The artist or viewer has a syncretistic grasp of the total object. He abandons precise visualization and experiences an unclear vision of the whole. Derivatives syncreˈtistical adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > school of thought > [adjective] > attempting to reconcile opposites syncretistical1764 syncretistic1828 syncretic1840 syncretical1864 1764 A. Maclaine tr. J. L. von Mosheim Eccl. Hist. Cent. xvii. ii. i. §21 (margin) The rise of the Syncretistical or Calixtine controversies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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