concrescence
- noun
- /kənˈkrɛsəns/
- Specialized
:
concrescencia
- And I am witnessing the product of their effort; Obama's victory is the concrescence of our living history, an outgrowth of our initial ideals.
Examples
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The artist described her latest painting as a concrescence of various influences from her travels.
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Thus, the 'production of novel togetherness' is the ultimate notion embodied in the term concrescence.
Blog text (21) -
The subject of experience expires once it has completed its process of concrescence.
Academic text (2005) -
These prehensions are late derivatives in the concrescence of an experiencer subject.
Academic text (1991) -
(n8) Whitehead, to be sure, talks about the "satisfaction" achieved by the actual entity upon completion of its process of concrescence.
Academic text (2005) -
In philosophy, concrescence refers to how different ideas merge to form a cohesive theory.
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The novel's themes illustrate the concrescence of personal experiences and cultural influences.
Synonyms
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9.9
Agreement between different areas of study that forms one explanation
A way of joining different ideas and images in your mind into one clear picture
Deep joining of two or more things so they mix but keep their own form
Antonyms
- Specialized
9
6.8
When a group or society breaks into smaller parts and loses shared values
How Unified
31
4.3
- Specialized
47
4.0
11
6.1
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
concrescence = concrescent (semi-transparent) = con + cresc + ence
The noun is formed from the adjective 'concrescent' (growing together) plus the nominalizing suffix '-ence'; the components are predictable in meaning but are built from Latin combining forms that are uncommon for average learners.
Etymology
Concrescence comes from Latin parts con- 'together' and crescere 'to grow', so it literally means 'growing together'. In philosophy it helps to picture many experiences or influences coming together and forming a single, unified event.