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synchronism

[sing-kruh-niz-uh m]
noun
  1. coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  2. the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction, as in a history.
  3. a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.
  4. Physics, Electricity. the state of being synchronous.
  5. 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 formssyn·chro·nis·tic, syn·chro·nis·ti·cal, adjectivesyn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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Historical Examples

  • 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

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

British Dictionary definitions for synchronistic

synchronistic

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or exhibiting synchronism
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Derived Formssynchronistically, adverb

synchronism

noun
  1. the quality or condition of being synchronous
  2. a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence
  3. the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times
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Word Origin

C16: from Greek sunkhronismos; see synchronous, -ism
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Word Origin and History for synchronistic

synchronism

n.

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.

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synchronistic in Medicine

synchronism

(sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′-)
n.
  1. Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia
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