WORD OF THE DAY: Syncretism

Posted on November 10, 2016 ·
syncretism Audio Pronunciation
Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+
\SING-kri-tiz-uh m, SIN-\
noun
1. the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
2. Grammar. the merging, as by historical change in a language, of two or more categories in a specified environment into one, as, in nonstandard English, the use of waswith both singular and plural subjects, while in standard English was is used with singular subjects (except for you in the second person singular) and were with plural subjects.
Filed Under: WORD OF THE DAY