syncretism

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm̩/

The English word “syncretism” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
The fusion of different inflexional forms.

Etymology

From Latin syncretismus, from Ancient Greek συγκρητισμός (sunkrētismós, “federation of Cretan cities”), from συγκρητίζω (sunkrētízō, “to unite against a common enemy”), from σύν (sún, “together”) (see English syn-) + Κρῆτες (Krêtes, “Cretans”). By surface analysis, syn- + Crete + -ism (“Crete joining together”).

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