synchronism

[sing-kruh-niz-uh m]

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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Historical Examples of synchronistic

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

British Dictionary definitions for synchronistic

synchronistic

adjective

of, relating to, or exhibiting synchronism

Derived Formssynchronistically, adverb

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 synchronistic

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.

synchronistic in Medicine

synchronism

[sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′-]

n.

Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia