Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. rare A publication that indexes and compares a number of works in some field.
Etymologies
- Coined as the name of an Encyclopaedia Britannica publication compiled by Mortimer Adler, A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I think this question should be changed to reflect new digital storage media...how about "one iPod playlist" for the desert islance? or one "The Great Ideas" collection burned onto a flash drive, with searchable syntopicon?”
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qua, eupraxis, syntopicon, anastasis, lugubrious, metanoia, hecatomb, deinos, logos, synecdoche, syndeton, apotheosis and 34 more...
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