Meanings
nounsyncretist (plural syncretists)
plural syncretists
- One who attempts syncretism, the fusion of different systems or beliefs.
Both are syncretist collaborations between a flexible jazz musician and a famously uncompromising genius who invented his or her own style two musicians of putatively different worlds.
2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times
Translations
German Synkretist, Synkretistin
- Synkretistone who attempts syncretism
- Synkretistinone who attempts syncretism
Swedish synkretist
- synkretistone who attempts syncretism
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APA
syncretist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syncretist
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Chicago
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