Syncretistic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Syncretistic \Syn`cre*tis"tic\, a.
     1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a
        syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the
        worship of idols.
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     2. Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  syncretistic
       adj 1: relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce
              its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic
              language" [syn: {syncretic}, {syncretical}, {syncretistical}]
       2: of or characterized by syncretism [syn: {syncretic}, {syncretical},
           {syncretistical}]