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syncretism.

The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɪŋkɹəˌtɪzm̩/
  1. The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).

    countable · uncountable
  2. The fusion of different inflexional forms.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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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