to syncretize
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9.9
- verb
- /ˈsɪŋkrəˌtaɪz/
- US
:
sincretizar
- So the moment we synthesize and syncretize the pleasures and pains, we maximize our fitness level.
So the moment we synthesize and syncretize the pleasures and pains, we maximize our fitness level.
- So the moment we synthesize and syncretize the pleasures and pains, we maximize our fitness level.
Examples
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The Virgin of Guadalupe is considered to be the first Mexican symbol that syncretized the Aztec and Catholic religious systems.
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This led to Mercury being syncretized with Lucas in Ireland as Lou and in Wales as Flu Lou.
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But today they are being syncretized by wedding gowns too.
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Syncretizing old and new, he's right to conclude: "Now we can all celebrate/ We can all harvest the
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Thus arises an obsession with the idea of a black diaspora, a dispersion of one people and one syncretized culture around the globe.
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Shango and Santa Barbara were syncretized in Santeria because enslaved people in Cuba were forced to convert to Catholicism.
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Jan Swyngedouw believes that the particular pattern of syncretizing various foreign religions such as Buddhism and Confucianism in Japan is an important key to understanding the nature and structure of Japanese religion.
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It's too grandiose a term for people who just like barbarians hacking up land octopuses and clerics syncretized with Vancian magic of save or die death fingers.
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Because Catholicism has syncretized African religious practices and Brazilian Indian rituals, we could say that there is in Brazilian culture a bend towards mysticism more than towards a sanctioned or codified religious system.
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In many regions, local traditions syncretize with major religions, creating unique cultural practices.
Synonyms
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5.4
To make different ideas or plans work together
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3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
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6.4
To combine ideas or materials to make something new
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4.7
To join several things into one whole
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4.1
Make different things agree or work well together
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5.9
To bring people or places back together after they were separated
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7.4
To join several groups or parts to make one
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3.7
Brings people or things together into one group
To make different ideas or plans fit together
Antonyms
How Integrative
Surface Forms
Morphology
syncretize = syncretism (semi-transparent) = syncret + ize
The verb is formed regularly from the noun 'syncretism' with the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize'.
Etymology
The word syncretize comes from the Greek prefix syn- meaning 'together' and a second part that once referred to people of Crete who joined together; think of syn- as in synchronize, which also means 'together'. So to syncretize is to bring different beliefs or practices 'together' into one.