synchronism

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, syn- +‎ chron- +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

synchronism (countable and uncountable, plural synchronisms)

1. The state of being synchronous.
2. A temporal relationship between events.
   • 2023, Marwan Kilani, On the traces of "apples", "plums", and "pears", John Benjamins Publishing Company:

     It is the study of wanderwords that might be used as one of the elements to establish synchronisms among protolanguages, and thus better define their dates, not the opposite.

3. The tabular arrangement of contemporary events etc. in history.

Synonyms

• (state of being synchronous): synchroneity, synchronicity; see also Thesaurus:simultaneousness

Derived terms

• synchresis
• synchronistic

Translations

synchronicity — see synchronicity

a temporal relationship between events

• Catalan: sincronisme m
• French: synchronisme (fr) m
• Italian: sincronismo (it) m
• Portuguese: sincronismo (pt) m