synchronicity
Americannoun
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(in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.
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coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.
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Physics, Electricity. the state of having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
noun
Etymology
Origin of synchronicity
First recorded in 1865–70 synchronicity for def. 1; 1950–55 synchronicity for def. 2; synchron(ous) ( def. ) + -ic ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )
Example Sentences
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That synchronicity was too frequent to be coincidental.
From Science Daily
He attributed his espionage opportunity to “synchronicity,” explaining: “How many kids can get a summer job working in an encrypted communications vault?”
From Los Angeles Times
“A sign, maybe. Written across the sky by a thousand jet planes. In synchronicity. And once we see it, well, then we may do something.”
From Los Angeles Times
Shadow is one of them but also synchronicity, introversion and extroversion, the collective unconscious.
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The members sit close together and play with the physical synchronicity of trained dancers.
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