Know Your Next Word : syncretic
20. syncretic :
adjective :
1. Combining different forms of belief or practice
2. relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
Usage :
Modern English is a syncretic language.
Traditionally, Indonesians practiced a tolerant, almost syncretic brand of faith, infused with the Buddhist, Hindu, and animist traditions of earlier periods.(Barack Obama : The Audacity of Hope : Crown Publishers : 2006.)
Related Forms :
syncretistic & syncretical : adjective
syncretism : noun
syncretist : noun
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