synchronicity

American  

[sing-kruh-nis-i-tee] / ˌsɪŋ krəˈnɪs ɪ ti /

noun

1. (in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

2. coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.

3. Physics, Electricity.  the state of having the same frequency and zero phase difference.

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synchronicity British  

/ ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of synchronicity

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

Example Sentences

That synchronicity was too frequent to be coincidental.

From Science Daily

As my extremities are warmed and touched in synchronicity, I surrender.

From Los Angeles Times

He attributed his espionage opportunity to “synchronicity,” explaining: “How many kids can get a summer job working in an encrypted communications vault?”

From Los Angeles Times

“A sign, maybe. Written across the sky by a thousand jet planes. In synchronicity. And once we see it, well, then we may do something.”

From Los Angeles Times

Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.

From Los Angeles Times

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