syncretist

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Noun

syncretist (plural syncretists)

  1. One who attempts syncretism, the fusion of different systems or beliefs.
    • 2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times:
      Both are syncretist collaborations between a flexible jazz musician and a famously uncompromising genius who invented his or her own style — two musicians of putatively different worlds.

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