syncretic

Adjective
Synonyms: syncreticalsyncretisticsyncretistical

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections“modern English is a syncretic language”Synonyms: syncreticalsyncretisticsyncretisticalRelating to syncretism
  2. of or characterized by syncretismSynonyms: syncreticalsyncretisticsyncretisticalRelating to syncretism

Related words syncretism noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Syn·cret′ic adjective

Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion. Benjamin H. Smart

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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