Associations to the word «Syncretism»

Wiktionary

SYNCRETISM, noun. The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (or the attempt at such fusion).
SYNCRETISM, noun. (linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms.

Dictionary definition

SYNCRETISM, noun. The union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories".
SYNCRETISM, noun. The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections).

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky