definitions

synchronism

[ sing-kruh-niz-uh m ]
/ ˈsɪŋ krəˌnɪz əm /
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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.

Nearby words

synchroneity, synchronia, synchronic, synchronic study, synchronicity, synchronism, synchronistic, synchronize, synchronized shifting, synchronized skating, synchronized swimming
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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Examples from the Web for synchronistic

  • From the synchronistic tablets we can ascertain that he had to undergo severe struggles with the Babylonians.

    The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)|Max Duncker

  • Among the works subservient to the study of ancient history, the first rank is justly due to the synchronistic tables.

    A Manual of Ancient History|A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren

British Dictionary definitions for synchronistic (1 of 2)

synchronistic

/ (ˌsɪŋkrəˈnɪstɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or exhibiting synchronism
Derived Formssynchronistically, adverb

British Dictionary definitions for synchronistic (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 synchronistic

synchronism

[ sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′- ]

n.

Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia
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