syncretistic
English
Etymology
syncret(ism) + -istic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɪŋkɹəˈtɪstɪk/
Adjective
syncretistic (comparative more syncretistic, superlative most syncretistic)
- Relating to the merging of two ideals, organizations or languages into one.
- 1995 June 22, Umberto Eco, “Ur-Fascism”, in The New York Review of Books, archived from the original on 2017-01-31:
- One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.
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- (linguistics) Relating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.
Related terms
- syncretism