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syncretism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | fusion |
| Derivation | syncretistical, syncretic, syncretize, syncretical, syncretistic |
syncretism::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | unification, union |
| Derivation | syncretic, syncretical, syncretistic, syncretistical, syncretize |
a syncretism of material and immaterial theories.
Examples of syncretism
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India's culture is marked by a high degree of syncretism and cultural pluralism.
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During the colonial era, Africa's Gold Coast was a hotbed of musical syncretism.
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Native American-Catholic syncretism is also found elsewhere in the United States.
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The Roman polytheism merged with the Gallic paganism into the same syncretism.
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Otherwise, as Cousin himself remarks, it is simply a blind and useless syncretism.
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The Oxford English Dictionary first attests the word syncretism in English in 1618.
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Religious tolerance and syncretism were stressed during the Licchavi period.
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A fourth approach is syncretism, mixing different elements from different religions.
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In the wake of such syncretism Shamash was usually viewed as the sun-god in general.
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- The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"
- The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
- (syncretistic) syncretic: relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic language"
- (syncretistic) syncretic: of or characterized by syncretism
- Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. ...
- In linguistics, syncretism is the identity of form of distinct morphological forms of a word. This phenomenon is typical of fusional languages.
- (syncretic) Combining disparate elements in one system, especially as in forms of religious observance, philosophical systems, or artistic creations
- (Syncretisms) Cultural blends, or mixtures, including religious blends, that emerge from acculturation, particularly under colonialism, such as African, Native American, and Roman Catholic saints and deities in Caribbean vodun, or "voodoo," cults; the exchange of cultural features when cultures ...
- (syncretic) the merger of diverse beliefs
