syncresis

English

Etymology

Back-formation from syncretic, via a surface analysis by which the pattern of -esis (n) and -etic (adj) is involved, as it is (synchronically validly) with other analogous pairs (e.g., emesis and emetic; diaphoresis and diaphoretic; similarly, catachresis and catachrestic).

Noun

syncresis (uncountable)

2. (rare, often proscribed) Synonym of syncretism.

   Synonym: synchresis (misconstruction)