Meanings
comparative more syncretistic · superlative most syncretistic
- Relating to the merging of two ideals, organizations or languages into one.
One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.
1995 June 22, Umberto Eco, “Ur-Fascism”, in The New York Review of Books, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2017 - human sciencesRelating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiverelating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
adjectiveof or characterized by syncretism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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syncretistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/syncretistic
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