synchronicity

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Or one could imagine that God intervenes and moves the pendula, guaranteeing their synchronicity (the theory of occasionalism).

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  1. noun The state or fact of being synchronous or simultaneous; synchronism.
  2. noun Coincidence of events that seem to be meaningfully related, conceived in Jungian theory as an explanatory principle on the same order as causality.

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  • "This is all a very amusing study in synchronicity, " said Andre, crouching just behind Harrison, bowler tipped and sword from his umbrella out and ready, -but I suggest you both pay attention to that most boorish party-crasher over there- —  Werehunter
  • A man immobilized by a pyramid-headed Indian's curse was not a man who ought to be overreacting to a dollop of synchronicity, even when it involved an object of much sentimental wahoo. —  Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates
  • "Talk about your synchronicity," said Chatterji, shaking his head. —  The Life of the World to Come
  • Or one could imagine that God intervenes and moves the pendula, guaranteeing their synchronicity (the theory of occasionalism). —  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  • It looks almost as if these tomahawk cruise missiles were launched in perfect synchronicity, a perfect succession to hit and explode at the same time last evening. —  CNN Transcript Mar 22, 2003
 

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/sɪnkrəˈnɪsɪti/
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