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Syncretistic Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix syn-

Syncretistic has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections

"modern English is a syncretic language"

2

of or characterized by syncretism

3

Relating to a historical tendency for a language (such as English) to reduce its use of inflection.

See Also
syncretistically syncretism languages language tendency ideals english bwiti
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Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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