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English
Etymology
Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).
Noun
syncresis (uncountable)
- (rare, often proscribed) Synonym of syncretism.
- Synonym: synchresis (misconstruction)