syncrisis

[ sing-kruh-sis, sin- ]

noun

, Rhetoric Obsolete.

1. the comparison of opposites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of syncrisis¹

1650–60; < Late Latin < Greek sýnkrisis combination, comparison, equivalent to syn- syn- + kri- (stem of krī́nein to separate) + -sis -sis

Example Sentences

In the shadowy world of loth Century legend, there were also the Duke Haroux and Childe Harolde, and the origin of the clameur probably is shared by some grouping or syncrisis of several of these noble characters.

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