NOUN
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the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy)
a syncretism of material and immaterial theories - the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
How To Use syncretism In A Sentence
- a syncretism of material and immaterial theories
- Any way you looked at it there was the syncretism of myth, myth's happy appetite to engorge on narrative strains. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
- I should also mention that I loathe religious syncretism in all its forms.
- The result is a limited understanding of basic biblical truths, leading to corrupted theology, syncretism and shallow commitment.
- Speaking of which, in terms of religious syncretism it is interesting to see how frequently quantum uncertainty is starting to pop up in discussions about religion.
- If multiculturalism means syncretism, then religious conservatives of all faiths will certainly opt out.
- Two of the papers in this volume refocus syncretism away from issues of authenticity and inauthenticity to argue for an integration and synchronisation of indigenous and exogenous elements.
- Three religious responses are discerned: fundamentalism, syncretism, and ecumenism.
- Any way you looked at it there was the syncretism of myth, myth's happy appetite to engorge on narrative strains. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
- Perhaps we face a new kind of religious syncretism that combines digital fever with the worship of Creation.