syncretism
/ˈsɪŋkrɪtɪzəm/noun
mass noun
1
- the amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought（不同宗教, 文化, 思想派系的）融合。
2
- Linguistics the merging of different inflectional varieties of a word during the development of a language【语言学】（一个单词在语言发展过程中不同屈折变化形式的）辑合。
派生词
syncretic
adjectivesyncretist
noun & adjectivesyncretistic
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from modern Latin syncretismus, from Greek sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein 'unite against a third party', from sun- 'together' + krēs 'Cretan' (originally with reference to ancient Cretan communities).