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单词 syncrisis
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syncrisisn.

Etymology: late Latin, < Greek σύγκρισις , < συγκρίνειν to compound, compare, < σύν syn- prefix + κρίνειν to separate.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsyncrisis.
? Obsolete.
Comparison; Rhetoric a figure by which diverse or opposite things are compared.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [noun]
contention1530
contraposition1581
counterposition1594
syncrisis1656
contrast1731
counterview1738
contrastment1823
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > simile > comparison of diverse or opposite things
syncrisis1656
1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 207 Syncrisis is a comparison of contrary things, and divers persons in one sentence.
1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 38 All Knowledge is increased by Syncrisis.
1674 M. Lewis Ess. Educ. Youth 17 All instruction ought to be by syncrisis, that is, comparing what we are to learn with what we know.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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