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- noun
conflation orreconciliation of different systems of beliefs;syncretism
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Yes, syncretization went around all over the ancient world, but it's a rather Graeco-Roman-centric view, in my opinion.
Stonehenge 2006
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Yes, syncretization went around all over the ancient world, but it's a rather Graeco-Roman-centric view, in my opinion.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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Direct Greek influence is attested in the 6th century by a votive inscription to the Greek gods Castor and Pollux at the pan-Latin sanctuary at Lavinium, by the syncretization in Rome of native and Greek deities, and by early 5th-century Roman temples dedicated to Greek deities.
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"Though Islam is spreading in West Africa, it is being hobbled by syncretization with animism: this makes new converts less apt to become anti-Western extremists ...."
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To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.
Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010
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To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.
Room Eight 2010
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To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.
Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010
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To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.
Room Eight judgeboyajian 2010
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To expand on this one need only build their own syncretization of religious beliefs.
Room Eight 2010
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(Though Islam is spreading in West Africa, it is being hobbled by syncretization with animism: this makes new converts less apt to become anti-Western extremists, but it also makes for
The Coming Anarchy 1994
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