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syncretism

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable

(religion) The (attempted) reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs. / (linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms.

Japanese Meaning

宗教学：異なる宗教体系や信念を統合・融合させる考えや行為 / 言語学：異なる活用形がひとつに融合する現象

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The festival's syncretism, combining indigenous rites and imported religious traditions, fascinated the visiting anthropologists.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

先住民の儀礼と外来の宗教的伝統を組み合わせるその祭りの宗教的融合は、訪れた人類学者たちを魅了した。

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Sense（1）

(religion) The (attempted) reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs.

It provides a more natural explanation of the Colossian syncretism as stemming from local religious impulses that continued to wield a powerful draw on people converted to Christianity from the local Jewish communities and pagan cults. […] The kind of syncretism we find at Colossae was not unique to that city or region.

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Sense（2）

(linguistics) The fusion of different inflexional forms.

In this paper a distinction is assumed between full syncretism, which affects whole morphemes, and partial syncretism, which affects only some case allomorphs, and also between syncretism proper and mere loss of a case morpheme.

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