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Meaning of SYNCRETISTIC

Pronunciation:  `singkri'tistik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  of or characterized by syncretism
  2. [adj]  relating to a historical tendency for a language to reduce its use of inflections; "modern English is a syncretic language"
 
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 Synonyms: syncretic, syncretical, syncretistical
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Syn`cre*tis"tic\, a.
1. Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a
   syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the
   worship of idols.
2. Of or pertaining to Syncretists.
 
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