syncretistic
- adjective
- /sɪŋˈkrɛtɪstɪk/
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sincrético
- The festival was a syncretistic celebration, blending traditional customs with modern influences from various cultures.
- syncretistic religion
- syncretistic practices
Examples
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Following this logic, if David's sons would walk before Yahweh as David had in his latter years, they too would sin gravely as David had, not only by premeditating murder and blood vengeance, but also more generally by engaging in syncretistic practices, which are also strongly suggested elsewhere throughout these lengthy prayers.
Academic text (1997) -
Mutual transformation does not result in new religions or in one universal syncretistic religion, but in the enrichment of the various traditions that results when their members are open to the inspiration provided by the resources of others.
Academic text (1999) -
These organizations can be traditional, such as the Catholic Church, or of more recent origin, such as the New Age or Syncretistic movement.
Academic text (2013) -
A major feature of this phenomenon is that many of the most important elements of the syncretistic outcome are related to the miraculous.
Academic text (1999) -
This was the most controversial presentation at the assembly and required the programming of an additional plenary to deal with the debate it caused, especially the claim that it was syncretistic.
Academic text (1991) -
One of my favorite examples of syncretistic yet accepted theological creativity was the Thai pastor who taught from the Bible that there is a hierarchy of spirits.
Academic text (2005) -
Perhaps the answer also partly lies in the deep impact of a cultural context permeated by a syncretistic religious orientation in which the miraculous or magical is accepted as a normal part of life.
Academic text (1999) -
This vision of politics requires recalling the pluralistic and syncretistic heroes of India's past, explicitly defending a politics and ideology of secularism in cultural terms, and mobilizing the people on that understanding.
Academic text (1995) -
The new spirituality is not "syncretistic"—a word to disavow beliefs and practices as corrupt, contaminated, and inferior to high theological traditions.
Academic text (2000) -
Shaw and Stewart point out (1994, citing Hobsbawm and Ranger 1987) that the traditions defended by anti-syncretistic rhetoric may themselves be of recent vintage and therefore of somewhat syncretistic origin.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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Mixing different beliefs and practices into a single system
Combining ideas from different religions and cultures
Mixing ideas or practices from different traditions
Combining different beliefs or practices
Antonyms
How Syncretic
Surface Forms
Morphology
syncretistic = syncretism (transparent) = syncretism + istic
Standard adjectival formation from 'syncretism' with '-istic', yielding 'relating to syncretism', which is straightforward for learners who know the noun.
Etymology
Syncretistic comes from the Greek prefix syn- which means 'together' and the idea of mixing different traditions. So a syncretistic religion or practice mixes ideas from different beliefs or cultures into one, combining parts from each tradition.