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the mixing of different religions, philosophies or ideas （不同宗教、哲学或思想的）融合 - (
linguistics 语言学 the mixing of different forms of the same word during the development of a language （语言发展过程中词的）屈折形式融合，辑合
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from modern Latin syncretismus, from Greek sunkrētismos, from sunkrētizein ‘unite against a third party’, from sun- ‘together’ + krēs ‘Cretan’ (originally with reference to ancient Cretan communities).