SYNCRISIS Definition & Meaning

syncrisis

[ sing-kruh-sis, sin- ]

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noun

Rhetoric Obsolete.

the comparison of opposites.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of syncrisis¹

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek ��ý�԰�� combination, comparison, equivalent to syn- syn- + kri- (stem of ��ī́�Ա𾱲� to separate) + -sis -sis

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In the shadowy world of loth Century legend, there were also the Duke Haroux and Childe Harolde, and the origin of the clameur probably is shared by some grouping or syncrisis of several of these noble characters.

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