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 synchronism

unanimity, synchronism, synchroneity, simultaneity, correspondence, accord, consonance, accordance, union, concurrence, accompaniment, parallelism, correlation, conjunction, conformity, collaboration, concomitance

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Historical Examples of synchronism

The motor then continues to run in synchronism with the generator.
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla
Thomas Commerford Martin
The synchronism remains to be fully established by palæontological proofs.
The Galaxy
Various
There is no synchronism in the eruptions of Cotopaxi and Pichincha.
The Andes and the Amazon
James Orton
George the Syncellus says that the synchronism was accepted by all.
Ancient Egypt
George Rawlinson
This synchronism is a striking confirmation of Fleet and Geiger's chronology.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for synchronism

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 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.

synchronism in Medicine

synchronism

[sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′-]

n.

Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia