syncretism (Crossword)

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• The merging, as by historical change in a language
• Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other
• Syncretism əm is the combining of different, often seemingly contradictory beliefs
• The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms
• The attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices
• The attempt to reconcile disparate, even opposing, beliefs and to meld practices of various schools of thought
• The fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
• The union (or attempted union) of different systems (especially in religion or philosophy)
• (linguistics) In linguistics, syncretism is the identity of form of distinct morphological forms of a word
• (Chinese philosophy) Syncretism or the Mixed School in Chinese philosophy is an eclectic school of thought that combined elements of Confucianism