syncretism
noun
the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
syncretist
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a word derived from
syncretism.
Example Sentences
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And the syncretist "is an indication of the necessity of a Christian apologetic that will take seriously the new conditions that have emerged and the new context out of which the syncretistic question is asked."
From Time Magazine Archive
Dallek, author of a balanced two-volume life of Lyndon Johnson, is neither debunker nor hagiologist, but rather a fairly shrewd syncretist with a certain amount of new material to bring to light.
From Time Magazine Archive
So much of a syncretist is Plato, though not after the manner of the Neoplatonists.
From Timaeus by Benjamin Jowett
The advantages of specialization are so obvious that, today, we don't even know how to recognize a competent syncretist!
From Master of None by Neil Goble
