synchronism
[ sing-kruh-niz-uh m ]
/ ˈsɪŋ krəˌnɪz əm /
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.
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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 forms
syn·chro·nis·tic, syn·chro·nis·ti·cal, adjectivesyn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for synchronicity
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British Dictionary definitions for synchronicity (1 of 2)
synchronicity
/ (ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for synchronicity (2 of 2)
synchronism
/ (ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm) /
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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Medicine definitions for synchronicity
synchronism
[ sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′- ]
n.
Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia
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