Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Relating to the merging of two ideals, organizations or languages into one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Relating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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adjective
of or characterized by syncretism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English syncret(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English syncretistic From syncret(ism) + -istic.
