syncretism
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And it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him.
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- noun Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous.
- noun Linguistics The merging of two or more originally different inflectional forms.
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- In this view, then, the rise of Ross Perot is the inevitable Caesarist quest for a capable outside figure who can straighten out the corrupt system Blish proposed that science fiction itself is a symptom of "syncretism" -- the blending of different beliefs or practices. — F ;SF - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
- Blish proposed that science fiction itself is a symptom of "syncretism" -- the blending of different beliefs or practices. — F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 03 - March 1996
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Thus we may see in the myth an early example of that religious syncretism which is so characteristic of later Egyptian belief 1) See Archaeologia_, Vol. LII (1891).
— Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition -
And it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him.
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Thus we may see in the myth an early example of that religious syncretism which is so characteristic of later Egyptian belief.
— Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition
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- Greek sunkrētismos, union, from sunkrētizein, to unite (in the manner of the Cretan cities) : sun-, syn- + Krēs, Krēt-, Cretan.
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/ (sĭngˈkrĭ-tĭzˌəm, sĭnˈ-)/
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