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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

synchronism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

By surface analysis, syn- + chron- + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being synchronous.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A temporal relationship between events.
    • It is the study of wanderwords that might be used as one of the elements to establish synchronisms among protolanguages, and thus better define their dates, not the opposite. 2023, Marwan Kilani, On the traces of "apples", "plums", and "pears", John Benjamins Publishing Company:
  3. (countable, uncountable) The tabular arrangement of contemporary events etc. in history.

Forms

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synchronisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

synchresis · synchronistic

Synonyms

synchronicity · synchroneity

Translations (4)

pt sincronismo (a temporal relationship between events) · fr synchronisme (a temporal relationship between events) · ca sincronisme (a temporal relationship between events) · it sincronismo (a temporal relationship between events)