synchronicity

[ sing-kruh-nis-i-tee ]
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noun
  1. (in the psychology of C. G. Jung ) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

Origin of synchronicity

1
First recorded in 1865–70 for def. 1; 1950–55 for def. 2; synchron(ous) + -ic + -ity

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synchronicity

/ (ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ) /


noun
  1. an apparently meaningful coincidence in time of two or more similar or identical events that are causally unrelated

Origin of synchronicity

1
C20: coined by Carl Jung from synchronic + -ity

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