Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syncresis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syn-cre-sis
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of syncretism.

Uncountable

Etymology

Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

synchresis syncretism

Questions

What does syncresis mean?: Synonym of syncretism.
Where does syncresis come from?: Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).

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