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syncretism

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm̩/Part of speech nounSorted ceimnrsstyStarts with SEnds with M0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)

Word origin

From Latin syncretismus, from Ancient Greek συγκρητισμός (sunkrētismós, “federation of Cretan cities”), from συγκρητίζω (sunkrētízō, “to unite against a common enemy”), from σύν (sún, “together”) (see English syn-) + Κρῆτες (Krêtes, “Cretans”). By surface analysis, syn- + Crete + -ism (“Crete joining together”).

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  • Kraft's functional view of Anthropology eventually leads to syncretism because God is understood as working within a modern, humanistic paradigm.
  • The strategies of religious syncretism—the active transformation through renegotiation, reorganization, and redefinition of clashing belief systems—are consistent with the creolization process.
  • In this chapter, I will investigate whether they deserve this name by looking at syncretisms between clusivity and other person markers.

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