syncretism

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And it is here especially that we notice the syncretism which is peculiar to him.

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  1. noun Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous.
  2. 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
  • 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. —  What is Property?
  • 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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  1. 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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