syncretise

A verb used to indicate the act of combining or reconciling differing beliefs, systems, or practices, especially in philosophy or religion.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'unir ou de concilier différentes croyances, systèmes ou pratiques, notamment en philosophie ou en religion.

1. Become fused C2 formal

   To merge or combine different elements, ideas, or systems into a unified whole.

   • The two distinct musical traditions began to syncretise over time.
   • Different cultural practices often syncretise when communities live together.
   • The dialects syncretised into a single language after centuries of contact.

   🇫🇷Se fondre

   Synonymes: amalgamateassimilateblendcoalescecombineconvergefuseintegratemergeunify

   Antonymes: disintegratedisunitedivideseparatesplit

2. Unite beliefs or conflicting principles C2 formal

   To reconcile or bring together different, often opposing, beliefs, doctrines, or principles.

   • The philosopher attempted to syncretise elements of Stoicism and Epicureanism.
   • Early Christian thinkers syncretised pagan and Jewish traditions.
   • The new political movement syncretised ideas from both the left and the right.

   🇫🇷Syncrétiser

   Synonymes: amalgamateblendcombinefuseharmonizeintegratereconcileunify

   Antonymes: disunitedividepolarizeseparatesplitsunder

• syncretised past participle
• syncretized past participle
• syncretised past simple
• syncretized past simple
• syncretising present participle
• syncretizing present participle
• syncretises third person singular
• syncretizes third person singular