Etymology

syncrisis

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Today it means: A figure of speech in which opposite things, people etc. are compared. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σύν
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύν“with, together”
  2. English todaysyncrisis

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, together”) + κρίσις (krísis, “judge”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσύν all →

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