Etymology

synechism

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Today it means: The tendency to regard things such as space, time, and law as continuous. Full definition →

Ancient Greek συνεχής
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσυνεχής“continuous”
  2. English todaysynechism

Ancient Greek συνεχής (sunekhḗs, “continuous”) + -ism, coined by Charles Sanders Peirce.

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