synchronism

[sing-kruh-niz-uh m]

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noun

coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.

the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction, as in a history.

a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.

Physics, Electricity. the state of being synchronous.

Psychoanalysis. the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

Also syn·chro·nic·i·ty

[sing-kruh-nis-i-tee] /ˌsɪŋ krəˈnɪs ɪ ti/ (for defs 1, 4, 5).

Origin of synchronism

1580–90; < Medieval Latin synchronismus < Greek synchronismós, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism

Related formssyn·chro·nis·tic, syn·chro·nis·ti·cal, adjectivesyn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for synchronicity

peace, harmony, accord, concurrence, coincidence, conjunction, conformity, order

Examples from the Web for synchronicity

Contemporary Examples of synchronicity

The team had to make sure all the robots and lights were in place and the synchronicity of all the elements was intact.
Alfonso Cuarón on the Making of His Instant Sci-Fi Classic ‘Gravity’
Marlow Stern
October 3, 2013

Historical Examples of synchronicity

The means involved in achieving this synchronicity are characteristic of the various stages in human evolution.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for synchronicity

synchronicity

noun

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

Word Origin for synchronicity

C20: coined by Carl Jung from synchronic + -ity

synchronism

noun

the quality or condition of being synchronous

a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence

the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

Word Origin for synchronism

C16: from Greek sunkhronismos; see synchronous, -ism

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Word Origin and History for synchronicity

1953; from synchronic + -ity. Originally in Jung.

synchronism

1580s, "quality of being synchronous," from Modern Latin synchronismus, from Greek synchronismos, from synchronos (see synchronous). Meaning "recurring at the same successive instants of time" is from 1854.

synchronicity in Medicine

synchronism

[sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′-]

n.

Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia