Meanings
comparative more symphronistic · superlative most symphronistic
- uncommonIdentical in terms of intellect or signification.
“Just as you see,” rejoined the old man; “for you will observe that in the plinths and friezes are represented not so much synchronistic as symphronistic* actions and events, whilst among all nations there occur traditions of similar and equal import.
1885, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter II, in Wilhelm Meister’s Travels, Boston: George Barrie, page 85
Origin
- Ancient Greekφρήν“mind”
- Englishsymphronistic
See sym- and Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
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