01 n. Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.
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Attempted union of principles or parties irreconcilably at variance with each other.“He is plotting a carnal syncretism, and attempting the reconcilement of Christ and Belial.” — Baxter.“Syncretism is opposed to eclecticism in philosophy.” — Krauth-Fleming.
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The union or fusion into one of two or more originally different inflectional forms, as of two cases.(Philol.)