syncrisis
American
[sing-kruh-sis, sin-]
/ ˈsɪŋ krə sɪs, ˈsɪn- /
noun
Rhetoric Obsolete.
Etymology
Origin of syncrisis
1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek sýnkrisis combination, comparison, equivalent to syn- syn- + kri- (stem of krī́nein to separate) + -sis -sis
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