syncresis

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)

  2. (rare, often proscribed) Synonym of syncretism.
    Synonym: synchresis (misconstruction)
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