systasis

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/ˈsɪstəsɪs/

noun

The combination of different elements; synthesis.

OriginLatin systasis ← Ancient Greek σύστασις →
First used 17th c.Scrabble 11
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Meanings

nounsystasis (plural systases)

plural systases

  1. The combination of different elements; synthesis.First known use 17th c.
  2. obsoleterareA union or confederation.First known use 18th c.

    The municipal army […] is a worse preservative of a general constitution, than the systasis of Crete, or the confederation of Poland.

    1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 328

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσύστασις“composition, construction”
  2. Latinsystasis
  3. Englishsystasis

From post-classical Latin systasis, and its source, Ancient Greek σύστασις (sústasis, “composition, construction”), from συν- (sun-, “syn-”) + στάσις (stásis, “stasis”).

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Chicago

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