Definition of SYNCHRESIS

synchresis

Meanings

Plural: synchreses

Noun

  • Misconstruction of syncrisis.
  • Misconstruction of synchesis.
  • Misconstruction of syncretism, especially via back-formation from syncretic.
  • A type of synergy in a mind's interpretation of combined audio and visual stimuli that either is an audiovisual type of synesthesia or is comparable and contrastable with such type of synesthesia.

Origin / Etymology

Misconstructions continually rearising in isolated occurrences in each century, as occasionally individual speakers misspeak or writers miswrite.

Synonyms

syncresis

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