synchronicity

English

Etymology

From synchron(ous) +‎ -icity. From Jungian psychology in the 1920s. By surface analysis, syn- +‎ chron- +‎ -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

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Noun

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Synchronicity

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synchronicity (countable and uncountable, plural synchronicities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being synchronous or simultaneous.
2. (Jungian psychology) Coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related; supposedly the result of "universal forces".

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• asynchronicity
• desynchronicity

Coordinate terms

• serendipity

Derived terms

• synchronicitous

Translations

the state of being synchronous or simultaneous

Bulgarian: едновременност (bg) f (ednovremennost) Dutch: synchroniciteit (nl) f Esperanto: sinkroneco Finnish: synkronisuus, yhtäaikaisuus (fi), yhtaikaisuus (fi) German: Synchronizität (de) f Indonesian: sinkronisitas Japanese: 共時性 (kyōjisei), シンクロニシティ (shinkuronishiti) Maori: tukutahitanga Polish: synchronia f, synchroniczność (pl) f, synchronizm m Portuguese: sincronia (pt) f, sincronismo (pt) m Spanish: sincronicidad f, sincronía f Tagalog: kasabayan, pagkakasabay

Jungian psychology: coincidences that seem to be meaningfully related

Dutch: synchroniciteit (nl) f Finnish: synkronisiteetti German: Synchronizität (de) f Japanese: 共時性 (kyōjisei), シンクロニシティ (shinkuronishiti) Portuguese: sincronicidade (pt) f