syncretism

noun

/ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/

[uncountable]

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(specialist) the mixing of different religions, philosophies or ideas
(linguistics) the mixing of different forms of the same word during the development of a language

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from modern Latin syncretismus, from Greek sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein ‘unite against a third party’, from sun- ‘together’ + krēs ‘Cretan’ (originally with reference to ancient Cretan communities).

单词	syncretism
释义	syncretism noun /ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/ /ˈsɪŋkrətɪzəm/ [uncountable] jump to other results (specialist) the mixing of different religions, philosophies or ideas (linguistics) the mixing of different forms of the same word during the development of a language Word Originearly 17th cent.: from modern Latin syncretismus, from Greek sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein ‘unite against a third party’, from sun- ‘together’ + krēs ‘Cretan’ (originally with reference to ancient Cretan communities).
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