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Definition of Sincretism

Syncretism, name given to an attempted blending of different, more or less antagonist, speculative or religious systems into one, such as Catholic and Protestant or Lutheran and Reformed.
- Wikipedia

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme.] Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial.
Baxter.

Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.
Krauth-Fleming.

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. (Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to make two parties join against a third: cf. F. syncrétisme.] Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.

He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial.
Baxter.

Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.
Krauth-Fleming.

Syn"cre*tism (?), n. (Philol.) The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • The reconciliation or fusion of different systems of belief (or the attempt at such fusion)
  • (linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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