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syncrisis

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[sing-kruh-sis, sin-] / ˈsɪŋ krə sɪs, ˈsɪn- /

noun

Rhetoric Obsolete.

  1. the comparison of opposites.

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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In the shadowy world of loth Century legend, there were also the Duke Haroux and Childe Harolde, and the origin of the clameur probably is shared by some grouping or syncrisis of several of these noble characters.

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