synchronism
[ sing-kruh-niz-uhm ]
/ 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.
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Origin of synchronism
1580–90; <Medieval Latin synchronismus<Greek synchronismós, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos-ism
OTHER WORDS FROM synchronism
syn·chro·nis·tic, syn·chro·nis·ti·cal, adjectivesyn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for synchronism
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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Medical definitions for synchronism
synchronism
[ sĭng′krə-nĭz′əm, sĭn′- ]
n.
Coincidence in time; simultaneousness.synchronia
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