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Meaning of 'syncretistic' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Syncretistic [ a.]
- Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.
- Of or pertaining to Syncretists.

Meaning of 'syncretistic' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . syncretistic [ a]
Meaning (1):
- relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
Example in sentence:
  • modern English is a syncretic language

Nearby Words:

syn- synacme synacmy synaeresis synagogical synagogue synalepha synallagmatic synallaxine synaloepha

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