Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

syncratic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syn-crat-ic
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a decision, made jointly instead of individually.

adj

Misspelling of syncretic.

adj

Of or relating to syncraticism.

Example Sentences

"The focused interviews indicated that through the life-cycle stages, the upper-middle-class families made syncratic decisions, the lower-middle-class families made syncratic and partially syncratic decisions, and the upper-lower-class families made syncratic, partially syncratic, and autonomic decisions."
"[…]autonomous decisions that are equally likely to be independently taken by either of the partners are in the middle of the triangle and truly syncratic (or joint) decisions are in the outer-right corner of the triangle."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συγκρᾱτικός (sunkrātikós, “mixed together”). By surface analysis, syn- + cratic.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: συγκρᾱτικός

Questions

What does syncratic mean?: Of a decision, made jointly instead of individually.
Where does syncratic come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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