Associations to the word «Syncretic»

Wiktionary

SYNCRETIC, adjective. Combining disparate elements in one system, especially as in forms of religious observance, philosophical systems, or artistic creations.

Dictionary definition

SYNCRETIC, adjective. Relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic language".
SYNCRETIC, adjective. Of or characterized by syncretism.

Wise words

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams