Associations to the word «Syncretism»

Wiktionary

SYNCRETISM, noun. The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (or the attempt at such fusion).
SYNCRETISM, noun. (linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms.

Dictionary definition

SYNCRETISM, noun. The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories".
SYNCRETISM, noun. The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca