systasis
English
Etymology
From post-classical Latin systasis, and its source, Ancient Greek σύστασις (sústasis, “composition, construction”), from συν- (sun-, “syn-”) + στάσις (stásis, “stasis”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪstəsɪs/
Noun
systasis (plural systases)
- The combination of different elements; synthesis. [from 17th c.]
- (obsolete, rare) A union or confederation. [18th c.]
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 328:
- The municipal army […] is a worse preservative of a general constitution, than the systasis of Crete, or the confederation of Poland.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, p. 328:
Related terms
- systatic