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/sɪŋkɹˈɛtɪk/
/sɪŋkɹˈɛɾɪk/syncretic
[ADJECTIVE]1
creating a combination of different beliefs, ideas, traditions, etc.
2
relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections
Examples
1. It is syncretic.
2. When Buddhism arrived in Japan in the 6th century BCE, it needed to assimilate to the pre-existing animistic religion and the result was a syncretic combination of Buddhist figures and styles of worship with Shinto shrines and gods.
3. The beach of Limonat is the ultimate place to perform the ceremony of Guiné and beg favors from the Love Goddess Erzulie, a syncretic deity identified with the Christian Virgin Mary.
4. Here too syncretic religions and cults such as candomblé, makumba and umbanda developed.
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