synchronism

[ sing-kruh-niz-uhm ]

noun

1. coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneity.
2. the arrangement or treatment of synchronous things or events in conjunction with one another, as in a history.
3. a tabular arrangement of historical events or personages, grouped according to their dates.
4. Physics, Electricity. the state of having the same frequency and zero phase difference.
5. (in the psychology of Carl Jung) the simultaneous occurrence of causally unrelated events and the belief that the simultaneity has meaning beyond mere coincidence.

synchronism

/ ˈsɪŋkrəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being synchronous
2. a chronological usually tabular list of historical persons and events, arranged to show parallel or synchronous occurrence
3. the representation in a work of art of one or more incidents that occurred at separate times

Other Words From

• syn·chro·nis·tic [sing-kr, uh, -, nis, -tik], syn·chro·nis·ti·cal adjective
• syn·chro·nis·ti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of synchronism¹

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin synchronismus, from Greek synchronismós, from sýnchron(os) synchronous + -ismos -ism

Word History and Origins

Origin of synchronism¹

C16: from Greek sunkhronismos; see synchronous , -ism

Example Sentences

Far from spurring people to abandon her old-fashioned methods and embrace electronic synchronism, the correspondence brought her services to the attention of many who had not previously subscribed.

From BBC

Except for the disparity in their sizes, the two performers, live and onscreen, are indistinguishable, their fingers dancing across the keyboard in synchronism.

From Los Angeles Times

The music-box, which has one of these handles, plays at the same time behind the curtain in perfect synchronism.

From Project Gutenberg

It will be understood, of course, that the rotation and action of the commutator must be in synchronism or in proper accord with the periods of the alternations in order to secure the desired results.

From Project Gutenberg

The list of Ctesias appears to have been put together capriciously or merely invented; the lengths of the reigns are pure imagination, and arranged according to certain synchronisms.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• unanimity