Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of, pertaining to, or characterized by syncretism.
- Pertaining to the syncretists: as, the syncretistic controversy (a bitter controversy in the Lutheran Church, in the seventeenth century, regarding the tenets of the syncretists).
Wiktionary
- adj. Relating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.
- adj. Relating to the merging of two ideals, organizations or languages into one.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism.
- adj. Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
- adj. of or characterized by syncretism
Examples
“Taking yoga's popularity as exhibit A, the prominent Southern Baptist pundit Albert Mohler recently suggested that the United States was becoming crazily syncretistic.”
The Huffington Post: Leigh E. Schmidt: The History Of Yoga And Religion In America
“This is unnerving stuff, and predictably, we have some religious communities becoming more conformist, exclusive, and intolerant while others are becoming more diverse, inclusive, and syncretistic -- all this as mainstream religious institutions in America have dramatically weakened over the past two decades, according to all measures (affiliation, membership, and attendance).”
“Racahel de Vienne 6:18 pm: religions are all syncretistic dang I hope I spelled that somewhere near correctly they all borrow from the same traditions, without exception.”
Transcript: Writing Paganism and Non-Christian Religions « Coyote Con
“His acceptance of Judaism seemed to have been syncretistic and cosmopolitan.”
“It could well reflect a certain syncretistic tendency that was inherent in the Sabbatean movement from the start, which may explain its extraordinary readiness to acknowledge the spiritual powers and prophetic inclinations of women.”
“On to this syncretistic notion of the holy messianic “Maiden” Frank grafted the kabbalistic conception of the female emanation of the godhead, the sefira Malkhut (Kingdom), which was traditionally associated with the messianic soul and was envisaged by the kabbalists as rising, at the time of the Redemption, from her lowest position in the hierarchy of the sefirot to its highest and most sublime point.”
“So, in other words, El Presidente would feel right at home among the other syncretistic ne0-pagans that fill Catholic religious orders in the U.S. and Europe. . .”
“Against centuries-old teachings, they have approved by majority vote abortion, contraception, same-sex marriage, sexual activity outside of marriage, divorce, female clergy, historical-critical-linguistic criticism of the Bible, syncretistic liturgies and on and on.”
“The idea is dangerously syncretistic and comes from a new religion called Hollywoodism.”
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks
“II statements to create a new syncretistic religion in which we all worship the same Guy.”
Tissier de Mallerais speaks The details of the doctrinal talks
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