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syncrisis

[ sing-kruh-sis, sin- ]

noun

, Rhetoric Obsolete.
  1. the comparison of opposites.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of syncrisis1

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek sýnkrisis combination, comparison, equivalent to syn- syn- + kri- (stem of krī́nein to separate) + -sis -sis

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