syncresis
Synonym of syncretismSynonym of syncretism.
Meaning
1 senses(often, proscribed, rare, uncountable)Synonym of syncretism.
Origin
Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) anBack-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).
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Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable